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140 Zoolar - Košice Suricatta Suricatta
| Issuer | Zoo Košice |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of chamois (rupicapra) in various poses across an orange and ochre guilloche underprint, with a large close-up chamois portrait at right centre and a sketch of zoo enclosure structures in the background. A portrait of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) is rendered in fine line engraving at the far right; the Zoo Košice motto appears in a green panel at upper left alongside the Zoo director's facsimile signature. |
| Reverse lettering | Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 ZOO KOŠICE Zachraňujeme zvieratá, vzdelávame verejnosť RIADITEĽ ZOO ZOOLAR Ochrana živočíšnych druhov KE SK (Translation: Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 ZOO KOŠICE We save animals we educate the public DIRECTOR ZOO ZOOLAR Protection of animal species KE SK) |
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Zoo Košice's souvenir "zoolar" series is printed by Štátna Tlačiareň Cenín — the same Bratislava security printer responsible for Slovak state stamps and official documents. Using a national security printing facility for zoo novelty currency is an unusual institutional choice, and it shows in the production quality, which exceeds anything a commercial printer would deliver for a collector trinket.
Suricatta suricatta — the meerkat — has been among the more popular enclosures at Košice since the species was introduced to the collection. The three-designer credit (Krejcar, Gábriš, Wichnerová) suggests a collaborative commission rather than a single house artist.