Slovenian euro coins

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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.

Depiction of Slovenian euro coinage > Obverse side
€ 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)

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