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Zoo Liberec - Pásovec Kulovitý
| Issuer | Zoo Liberec |
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| Value | 1 Pásovec Kulovitý |
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| Reverse description | Violet and golden underprint with guilloche ornaments. The central vignette presents a group of plains zebras (Equus quagga) — a foal, an adult, and a large close-up head — rendered in a detailed illustrative style against a warm circular wash, with a sketch of the Zoo Liberec historical pavilion buildings in the background. At the far right, a portrait of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) is rendered in fine line engraving style, accompanied by his name and dates in red lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | ZOO LIBEREC Dobrodružství z poznání Ředitel ZOO ZOOLAR Ochrana živočišných druhů Charles Darwin 1809-1882 LBK00557 CZ |
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Zoo Liberec issues these collector vouchers — sometimes called "zoovouchers" — as a fundraising and awareness mechanism, with each denomination tied to a specific animal in the collection. The Pásovec Kulovitý, known in English as the Southern three-banded armadillo, is a Brazilian species capable of rolling into a near-perfect sphere, the only armadillo that can do so completely. Státní Tiskárna Cenin, the Czech state security printer responsible for official banknotes and stamps, produces the series — an unusual arrangement that gives these pieces a quality of execution well above typical zoo ephemera.