Slovenia euro coins catalog with values
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Circulation euro coins of Slovenia

2 euro 2007 (2007- )
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
2 EURO
SLOVENIJA / FRANCE PRESEREN / SHIVE NAJ VSI NARODI / 2007
Coin value - 3-5 USD

1 euro 2007 (2007- )
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
1 EURO
SLOVENIJA / STATI INU OBSTATI / PRIMOZ TRUBAR / 2007
Coin value - 2-3 USD

50 euro cent 2007 (2019- )
brass
50 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / OJ TRIGLAV MOJ DOM / 2007
Coin value - 2-3 USD

20 euro cent 2007 (2019- )
brass
20 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / LIPICANEC / 2007
Coin value - 1-2 USD

10 euro cent 2020 (2019- )
brass
10 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / KATEDRALA SVOBODE / 2020
Coin value - 1-2 USD

5 euro cent 2007 (2007- )
copper plated steel
5 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / 2007
Coin value - <1 USD

2 euro cent 2007 (2007- )
copper plated steel
2 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / 2007
Coin value - <1 USD

1 euro cent 2007 (2007- )
copper plated steel
1 EURO CENT
SLOVENIJA / 2007
Coin value - <1 USD
Commemorative euro coins of Slovenia

3 euro 2008
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
Slovenian Presidency of the EU
3 EURO 2008 / SLOVENIJA / Field of stars representing EU membership
PREDSEDOVANJE EVROPSKI UNIJI - JANUAR - JUNIJ 2008 FACTA LOQUUNTUR / Pinwheel
Coin value - 5-7 USD
List of all Slovenian commemorative coins - chart with prices
Year | Face value | Mintage | Theme | Alloy | Diameter (mm) | Weight (gr) | Price in Euro |
2007 | 2 | 400000 | 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 25 |
2008 | 2 | 1000000 | 500 years since the birth of Primoges Trubar | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 5 |
2008 | 3 | 494500 | Slovenian Presidency of the EU | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2009 | 2 | 1000000 | 10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 4 |
2009 | 3 | 300000 | First Slovenian pilot Edward Rusyan | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2010 | 2 | 1000000 | 200 years of the Botanical Garden of Ljubljana | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 4 |
2010 | 3 | 300000 | Ljubljana book capital | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2011 | 2 | 1006000 | 100 years since the birth of Franz Roseman | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 4 |
2011 | 3 | 1000000 | 20 years of independence | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2012 | 2 | 1000000 | 10 years of euro cash circulation | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2012 | 3 | 300000 | 100 years of the first Slovenian Olympic medal | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2013 | 2 | 998000 | 800 years of discovery of Posojnska-Yama cave | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2013 | 3 | 198000 | Riot of 1713 | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2014 | 2 | 998500 | 600 years of Barbara Cilly's coronation | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2014 | 3 | 198600 | 200 years since the birth of photographer Janesh Pukhar | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2015 | 2 | 1000000 | 2000 years of the Roman settlement of Emona, | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2015 | 3 | 150000 | 500 years of the first Slovenian printed text | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2015 | 2 | 1000000 | 30th anniversary of the European flag | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2016 | 3 | 150000 | 150 years of the Red Cross in Slovenia | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2016 | 2 | 1000000 | 25 years of Slovenian independence | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2017 | 3 | 100000 | 100th anniversary of the May declaration | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2017 | 2 | 1000000 | 10 years of euro introduction in Slovenia (swallows) | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2018 | 3 | 100000 | The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 5 |
2018 | 2 | 1000000 | World Beekeeping Day | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2019 | 3 | 59750 | 100th anniversary of the accession of the Prekmur Territory to his homeland | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2019 | 2 | 1000000 | University of Ljubljana | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2020 | 3 | 40000 | 30 years of sovereignty and independence of Slovenia | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 9 |
2020 | 2 | 1000000 | 500 years since the birth of Adam Bohorich | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2021 | 2 | 1000000 | 200th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Museum of Krajna | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2021 | 3 | 40000 | 300 years since the first day of the procession in Shkofya Loka. | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
2022 | 2 | 1000000 | 150 years of architect Zhzhe Plechnik's birth | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 |
2022 | 2 | 35th anniversary of the Erasmus program | bimetallic | 25,75 | 8,5 | 3 | |
2022 | 3 | 50000 | 150 years since the birth of Matia Yama | bimetallic | 32 | 15 | 6 |
Slovenian euro coins description
Republic of Slovenia (Sloven. Republika
Slovenija)
Capital: Ljubljana
Area: 20273 km2
Population: 2.055 million (2012)
Official language: Slovenian
Currency before the introduction of the euro:
Slovenian tolar = 100 stotins
Euro introduction date: January 1, 2007
Head of State: President
Form of government: parliamentary
republic
The Republic of Slovenia became the first
Central European state to adopt the single European currency. Like many other states that joined the
European Union in 2004, Slovenia soon joined the European Financial Exchange
Rate Mechanism (ERM II). This happened on June 28, 2004.
However, even before joining the European
Union, the Bank of Slovenia began preparations for the transition to a new
currency. In particular, the development of projects for the
national side of Slovenian euro coins.
The first stage of the selection process
began in April 2004 with a preliminary discussion of possible themes for the new
coins. Through the media, the Slovenes were given the opportunity
to express their proposals. In addition, numismatists, designers
and experts from other specialties were involved in the discussion. In
total, 699 proposals from 132 people were submitted for consideration by a
special commission of 9 people, including specialists from the Ministry of
Finance and the Bank of Slovenia.
At the second stage, the expert
commission invited five well-known Slovenian designers to create sketches. A
special jury, consisting of respected Slovenian artists, designers, teachers and
connoisseurs of the Slovenian cultural heritage, had to review and evaluate the
projects submitted by the artists for the competition. The project
of the designer Miljenko Licul (Miljenko Licul, 1946-2009), developed jointly
with his daughter Maja Licul (Maja Licul, born in 1970) and the engraver Janez
Boljka (Janez Boljka, born in 1931), was unanimously chosen. Milenko
Litsul, in collaboration with other artists, was the author of the design of
coins and banknotes of the former money of the young state - the Slovenian
tolar.
After the approval of the project by the
Government of Slovenia on July 28, 2005, it was sent for consideration and
approval to the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the EU countries
(Ekofin). Approval for conformity of design to European legislation
was received on October 5, 2005.
One of the most beautiful birds in
Europe, the white stork, is depicted on the 1 euro cent coin. motive borrowed from an old Slovenian coin of 20
tolars. Today, this small coin is often used in Slovenia as a
symbolic gift when a new addition to the family is expected.
The so-called Prince's stone is presented
on 2 euro cents. In fact, this is an inverted base of an ancient
Roman column, known for the fact that, according to tradition, in the Middle
Ages, the rulers of the ancient Slavic state, Carantania, which arose at the
beginning of the 7th century, were crowned on it. in Slovenia,
Carinthia and Styria.
The stone itself comes from the ruins of the
main city of the Roman province of Noric - Virunum. Then he lay for
a long time in the Zolfeld Valley, where the coronation ceremony took place. Today
it is stored in the parliament building of the Austrian city of Klagenfurt. The
image of the Prince's stone was also on the Slovenian banknotes of the 1991-1992
sample.
However, such symbolism of the succession
of the Carantanian and Slovenian states provoked protests from Austrian
patriots. Indeed, in the Austrian federal state of Carinthia, the
Prince's stone is also considered a historical symbol of the state. The
local leadership, led by the governor of Carinthia, Jörg Haider, expressed a
note of protest in October 2005, which was rejected by the current Slovenian
foreign minister, Dimitrij Rupel.
5 euro cents is decorated with a painting
by the famous Slovenian impressionist artist Ivan Grohar (Ivan Grohar,
1867-1911) "The Sower". True, on the coin it seems that the peasant
is sowing the stars. It is the stars, which are elements of the
flag of the European Union, that have become a symbol of the union of the old
with the new.
The painting "The Sower" was painted in
1907 and depicts a peasant sowing in a plowed field on an early foggy morning. This
is a 19th century metaphor describing the Slovenes as a determined nation facing
an uncertain fate.
It is worth noting that the total number
of stars depicted on the coin is symbolic: 12 around the circumference and 13 on
the “field” symbolize the 25 states that are members of the European Union by
2007.
Ivan Grohar "The Sower" (1907, National
Gallery of Slovenia)
The 10 euro cent coin shows a model of an
unrealized project by Joze Plecnik (1872-1957), according to the drawings of
which in the first half of the 20th century. many architectural
structures were erected in Ljubljana.
However, one of his projects
remained unfulfilled. In 1947, the architect developed a project
for the building of the Slovenian Parliament. The facade of the
building was supposed to be 50 meters long and have a 120 meters high tower. But
the idea was considered too expensive for a country that had only recently
survived the war. It is this “Cathedral of Freedom” that is
immortalized on the coin.
On the coin of 20 eurocents, another
property of the Republic is presented - a pair of beautiful horses - Lipizzans. This
breed was bred at the stud farm in Lipica in the 16th century. and
is the result of 400 years of selection. She possesses not only
nobility and beauty, but also a special combination of strength, courage,
intelligence and temperament. The breed is considered rare - there
are no more than 3 thousand purebred Lipizzans in the world. And
although Lipica is a Slovenian city today, it used to be, like, 36 however, the entire territory of
present-day Slovenia was located in the Austrian Empire.
On this
basis, now Lipizzans are also one of the national symbols of the Republic of
Austria. The image of a Lipizzan with a rider was on a 5-shilling
coin of the 1969 sample. Despite the fact that Lipizzans were
often mentioned in the media in connection with the placement of the Prince's
Stone on Slovenian 2-euro cent coins, there are no official protests against the
use of the image of horses of this breed from the Austrian side, especially
since they were bred on Slovenian territory proper.
The highest point in Slovenia and the
Julian Alp - Mount Triglav - adorns a coin of 50
euro cents. The height of this mountain range is 2863 m. Triglav is
also depicted on the emblem and flag of Slovenia. Apparently, the
name of the mountain comes from the name of the highest god of the Baltic Slavs
Triglav, depicted with three heads. The image of the constellation
Cancer is also engraved on the coin above the mountain range: it reminds that
Slovenia gained independence on July 21, 1991 under the constellation Cancer, in
which the Sun is located from July 21 to August 9. Engraved above
is the title of a well-known patriotic poem by Jakob Aljaz, "O Triglav, my
home."
A portrait of the Slovenian reformer
Primoz Trubar (Primoz Trubar, 1508-1586), who published the first books in the
Slovenian language: "Abetsedariy" ("ABC") in 1550 and "Small Catechism" in 1551,
is engraved on the bimetallic 1 euro. In addition, he was engaged in the
translation of church literature into Slovenian.
The bimetallic 2 euro coin has a profile
portrait of the national Slovenian poet Franz Preseren (France Preseren,
1800-1849). Under the portrait is engraved the first verse of the
7th stanza of the poem "Health resort", written in 1844 by Franz Prešeren. This
piece of verse, set to music by Stanko Premrl, has been the national anthem of
Slovenia since 1989.
In addition, each coin has 12 stars
around the main image, between them there are letters that also make up the word
SLOVENIJA.