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| Issuer | Gabrisnote (Občianske združenie zberateľov Gábrišoviek) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 139 x 70 mm |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of the ruined medieval Topoľčiansky hrad (Topoľčany Castle), a 13th-century fortification set in the Považský Inovec mountains of western Slovakia, rendered in a fine-line engraving style. Surrounding guilloche border and underprint ornaments frame the castle view. Issuer and location inscriptions appear below the central image. |
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| Protection description | Flowers / windmills © Polette (CC BY-NC-SA) |
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| Comments |
Issued to commemorate reaching 1,000 members in a Slovak collectors' association dedicated to Gábrišovky — an informal term for the fantasy and exonumia notes designed by Matej Gabris, who is also the designer here. The note is essentially self-referential: a membership milestone recorded in the medium the community collects.
The watermark is an unusual inclusion for a privately issued associational piece, suggesting deliberate production values rather than simple inkjet output. Gabris has built a recognizable output of privately printed notes that circulate among Central European collectors; this particular issue was limited to, and numbered for, the membership cohort it celebrates.