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On January 1 2007, Slovenia will replace its national currency, the tolar, with the euro. The design of approximately 230 million "Slovenian" euro coins (total value of approx. 80 million euro) was unveiled on October 7 2005. The designers are Miljenko Licul, Maja Licul and Janez Boljka. The Mint of Finland was chosen to mint the coins through an international tender.
Controversy
The use of the Prince's Stone (Slovenian Knežji kamen, German Fürstenstein) on the 2 cents coin caused a minor political stir in the Austrian State of Carinthia. The stone, an ancient Roman column that was used in the ritual of installing the dukes of Karantania and later of the Duchy of Carinthia, is kept in a museum in Klagenfurt, the Carinthian capital, where it is also considered a historical icon of the state. The Carinthia state governor Jörg Haider issued a resolution of protest on October 25, 2005, which was rejected as "not to be taken seriously" by the Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel.
| € 0.01 | € 0.02 | € 0.05 |
|---|---|---|
| A stork, a motif taken from the current 20 SIT coin | The Prince's stone, where Karantanian dukes were installed | Grohar's painting A Sower sowing stars |
| € 0.10 | € 0.20 | € 0.50 |
| Plečnik's idea for the building of the national parliament, inscription "Katedrala svobode" (Cathedral of freedom) | A pair of Lipizzaner horses with the inscription "Lipicanec" (Lipizzaner) | Triglav, constellation of Cancer1 and inscription "Oj Triglav moj dom" (O Triglav, my home) |
| € 1.00 | € 2.00 | € 2 Coin Edge |
| Currently unknown | ||
| Primož Trubar and the inscription "Stati inu obstati" (to stand and withstand) | France Prešeren and the first line of the 7th stanza of Zdravljica (Slovenian national anthem) |
1 Slovenia achieved independence under the zodiac sign Cancer
External links
- The effigies of the new Slovene euro coins (from the Bank of Slovenia)
Coins of the Eurozone | Economy of Slovenia
Slowenische Euromünzen | Pièces en euro de la Slovénie | Monete Euro slovene | Sloveense euromunten | Rewersy słoweńskich euro | Slovenski evro kovanci
"Slovenian euro coins"