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Zoo Hodonín - Tygr Ussurijský
| Issuer | Zoo Hodonín |
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| Designer(s) | M. Krejčař, M. Gábriš, M. Wichnerová |
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| Obverse description | Warm-toned note with orange and yellow guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents a large Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) head in three-quarter view to the right, accompanied by a full-body tiger in a stalking pose and a conifer tree rendered in fine intaglio-style illustration to the left; a latent-image "ZOO" device and a Czech lion emblem occupy the left margin. The denomination numeral "150" appears in a teal panel at the upper right, with the "Naše ZOO" logo positioned at the lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Zoo Hodonín, located in the South Moravian town of Hodonín, issues these collector vouchers as part of a broader Czech zoological tradition of producing wildlife-themed paper currency substitutes — animals issued on notes rather than coins. The Ussuri tiger subject ties to the zoo's documented breeding program for Siberian tigers, one of the more credible captive conservation efforts among smaller Czech zoological institutions.
Printed by Státní tiskárna cenin — the same Prague facility responsible for official Czech banknotes, postage stamps, and official documents — the production standard here is notably higher than most zoo scrip. The watermark security feature is unusual for what is functionally a novelty item.