From June 2024, we will be offering commemorative banknotes in our e-shop for animal lovers and conservationists who want to support the protection of endangered animal species. Right now we are expanding the popular edition with new colour variants and new animal motifs (Eurasian wolf, white-faced gibbon, amphibian hippo, indian lion, snow leopard, brown emu, sumatran tiger, mountain chimpanzee, etc.). The project involved zoos in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
These commemorative banknotes were created for an international design competition and their main theme is evolution. These banknotes featuring imaginative compositions with elaborate drawings of animals from the workshop of the creative duo of Czech professional sculptor and medalist Majka Wichnerová and Slovak designer Matej Gábris evoke exotic settings and depict rare animals.
The commemorative certificates in the form of banknotes were printed by the Státní tiskárna cenin, s. p. on watermarked linden leaf paper with visible and invisible fibres. Digital printing technology was used for the main motifs on the obverse and reverse side, including the numbering, while the other motifs in the underprint, including the UV colours, are printed using offset printing techniques. This issuance, which is intended for Czech zoological gardens, is enriched on the obverse side with a Czech lion made of silver foil, which was applied by hot stamping. On the Polish commemorative banknotes, the Polish eagle is depicted on the obverse side instead of a lion, and the Slovak commemorative banknotes feature the state emblem of a double cross.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF THE COMMEMORATIVE BANKNOTES:
Format: 146 x 69 mm
Paper: watermarked lime leaf paper, 100 gsm and with protective double fibres (visible blue with blue fluorescence and invisible with green fluorescence under UV light)
Printing technique: offset, digital printing, hot stamping
Face colour: offset 5 colours (including 1 iris gradient and 1 UV colour), digital printing, hot stamping silver metallic foil
Reverse colour: offset 4 colours (including 1 iris gradient and 1 UV colour), digital printing
Protective elements: watermarked paper with protective fibres, guilloche, price grid, micro lettering, iris gradient, UV-visible colours
Concept author: Michal Krejcar
Author of compositions and animal drawings: ac. sculptor.Majka Wichnerová
Design by Matej Gábriš and Petra Voslařová
Product link: https://eshop.stc.cz/produkt/pametni-list-v-podobe-bankovky-nase-zoo-nizsi-serie/
