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Zoolar - Zoo Spišská Nová Ves Lynx lynx
| Issuer | Zoo Spišská Nová Ves |
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| Value | 1 Zoolar |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents two Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) rendered in fine naturalistic illustration — an adult in a resting pose occupies the right portion, while a juvenile stands to its left against a stylised woodland underprint in muted violet and ochre tones. The large bold letters "ZOO" appear in the upper left, flanked by the denomination numeral "160" in the upper right within an orange guilloche panel. The vertical inscription "ŠTÁTNA TLAČIAREŇ CENÍN" runs along the left margin, and a serial number with suffix "SK" is printed in the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO RYS OSTROVID 160 Lynx lynx ŠTÁTNA TLAČIAREŇ CENÍN NAŠE ZOO M. KREJCAR, M. GÁBRIŠ, M. WICHNEROVÁ |
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Zoo Spišská Nová Ves is a small municipal zoo in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia, and this note belongs to a series of souvenir "zoolar" issues — a collector-friendly format that a number of European zoos have adopted, typically tying each denomination or design to a specific resident species. The Eurasian lynx is a natural choice for a Slovak zoo; the animal was extirpated from the Carpathians during the 19th century and has been the subject of contested reintroduction efforts in the region ever since.
Printing by Štátna Tlačiareň Cenín — the Slovak state security printer in Bratislava — lends the piece genuine technical credibility, produced on the same presses responsible for official Slovak banknotes and documents.