On January 1, 2007, Slovenia is expected to 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 will be chosen with an international tender. The euro area (also called Eurozone, Eurosystem or Euroland) is the subset of European Union member states which have adopted the euro, creating a currency union. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tolar has been the currency of Slovenia since October 1991. ... The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, collectively known as the Eurozone. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states: (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain); three European micro-states: (Monaco, San Marino and the Holy See - Vatican City), as well as EU institutions. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ... Tender may mean: one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel: seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes submarine tender - resupplies submarines motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats ships tender - used to transport people...

Depiction of Slovenian euro coinage | Obverse side

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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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		"Slovenija" (Slovenia) will be inscribed at the outer edge of all coins, interspersed with twelve stars, a theme common to most euro coins
Primož Trubar and the inscription "Stati inu obstati" (to stand and withstand)	France Prešeren and the first verse of the 7th stanza of Zdravljica (Slovenian national anthem)

¹ Slovenia achieved independence under the zodiac sign Cancer Genera See text Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. ... Karantania sometimes Carantania, Carentania, Carinthia (in old Slovenian onomastics Korotan, or Karantanija) was a Slavic principality that developed in the 6th century and was centered on the territory of contemporary Carinthia. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe... The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... Jože Plečnik, (born January 23, 1872 in Ljubljana, Austro-Hungary (now Slovenia), died January 7, 1957 in Ljubljana) was a famous Slovene architect who practiced in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana. ... The British Houses of Parliament, London, UK A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. ... A Lipizzaner The Lipizzan horses, or Lipizzaner, are very closely associated with what is called the Spanish Riding School, which is the oldest riding academy in the world. ... This article is about mount Triglav in Slovenia. ... In astronomy and astrology, Cancer (Latin for crab, symbol , Unicode ♋) is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain - four European microstates - Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City - Montenegro and Kosovo, as well as various EU institutions. ... Primož Trubar (June 9, 1508 – June 28, 1586) was a Slovenian Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia, a consolidator of the Slovenian language and the author of the first printed book in Slovenian. ... France PreÅ¡eren, a portrait by Božidar Jakac, 1940. ... Zdravljica (A Toast) is a famous poem by France PreÅ¡eren. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... Zodiac signs, 16th century , medieval woodcuts The zodiac (from Greek zoon, animal) is an imaginary belt in the heavens extending approximately 8 degrees on either side of the Suns apparent path (the ecliptic), that includes the apparent paths of the Moon and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. ...

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 government 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. Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian KoroÅ¡ka) is a Austrian state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ... Karantania sometimes Carantania, Carentania, Carinthia (in old Slovenian onomastics Korotan, or Karantanija) was a Slavic principality that developed in the 6th century and was centered on the territory of contemporary Carinthia. ... Coat of arms of the Dukes of Carinthia, today state coat The Duchy of Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: KoroÅ¡ka) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ... Klagenfurt is the capital of the federal state of Austrian Carinthia (German Kärnten, in Austria, on the Glan River. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dimitrij Rupel (born April 7, 1946 in Ljubljana) is a liberal politician from Slovenia and current foreign minister of that country. ...

External links

• The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Slovenia presented the effigies of the new Slovene euro coins (from the Bank of Slovenia)
• The effigies of the new Slovene euro coins (from the Bank of Slovenia)