Slovenian euro coins
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| Eurozone (and microstates which mint their own coins) |
| Austria | Belgium |
| Finland | France |
| Germany | Greece |
| Ireland | Italy |
| Luxembourg | Monaco |
| Netherlands | Portugal |
| San Marino | Spain |
| Vatican |
| New Member States |
| Cyprus | Czech Republic |
| Estonia | Hungary |
| Latvia | Lithuania |
| Malta | Poland |
| Slovakia | Slovenia |
| Acceding countries |
| Bulgaria | Romania |
| Other |
| Andorra | Sweden |
| Denominations |
| €0.01 | €0.02 | €0.05 |
| €0.10 | €0.20 | €0.50 |
| €1 | €2 |
| €2 commemorative coins |
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Note: Denmark and the UK currently opt to maintain their national currencies, the krone and the pound. Sweden has not made any effort towards its obligation to join after the failed referendum in 2003. |
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) 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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
[edit] 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 princes 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 Carinthian state government (headed by 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.
