Slovenian euro coins
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[[Image:Bruselj euro slovenia.jpg|thumb|250px|A sign welcoming Slovenia to the [[eurozone]] in [[Brussels]].]]
'''Slovenian euro coins''' were first issued for circulation on [[1 January]] [[2007]] and feature a unique design for each coin. The design of approximately 230 million [[Slovenia]]n [[euro coin]]s (total value of approximately €80 million) was unveiled on [[7 October]] [[2005]]. The designers were Miljenko Licul, Maja Licul and Janez Boljka. The Mint of Finland was chosen to [[Mint (coin)|mint]] the coins through an international [[Call for bids|tender]].
==Slovenian euro design==
The Slovenian euro coins were the first to feature a new common side, with a new map of [[Europe]] on the bicoloured and Nordic-gold coins. Each coin has a unique design <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bsi.si/library/includes/datoteka.asp?DatotekaId=1715 | title=The effigies of the new Slovene euro coins}}</ref>. For [[Euro coins#Depiction of euro coinage - Reverse side|images of the common side]] and a detailed description of the coins, see [[euro coins]].
{{Coin image box 8 singles
| header = Depiction of Slovenian euro coinage <nowiki>|</nowiki> Obverse side
| column_1_width = 157
| column_2_width = 172
| column_3_width = 165
| denom_1 = € 0.01
| denom_2 = € 0.02
| denom_3 = € 0.05
| image_1 = [[Image:Si1ct.jpg|116px]]
| image_2 = [[Image:Si2ct.jpg|132px]]
| image_3 = [[Image:Si5ct.jpg|146px]]
| caption_1 = A [[stork]], a motif taken from the former 20 [[Slovenian tolar|SIT]] coin
| caption_2 = The [[Prince's stone]], where [[Carantania]]n [[dukes]] were installed
| caption_3 = [[Ivan Grohar]]'s painting ''A Sower'' sowing [[star]]s
| denom_4 = € 0.10
| denom_5 = € 0.20
| denom_6 = € 0.50
| image_4 = [[Image:Si10ct.jpg|136px]]
| image_5 = [[Image:Si20ct.jpg|153px]]
| image_6 = [[Image:Si50ct.jpg|165px]]
| caption_4 = [[Jože Plečnik]]'s idea for the [[Slovenian Parliament|national parliament]], with the inscription "''Katedrala svobode''" (Cathedral of freedom)
| caption_5 = A pair of [[Lipizzaner]] horses with the inscription "''Lipicanec''" (Lipizzaner)
| caption_6 = [[Triglav]], [[Cancer (constellation)|constellation of Cancer]]<sup>1</sup> and inscription from [[Jakob Aljaž]]'s song "''Oj Triglav moj dom''" (O Triglav, my home).
| denom_7 = € 1.00
| denom_8 = € 2.00
| header_9 = € 2 Coin Edge
| box_9 = S L O V E N I J A ·
| image_7 = [[Image:Si1eur.jpg|157px]]
| image_8 = [[Image:Si2eur.jpg|172px]]
| caption_7 = [[Primož Trubar]], Slovenian Protestant reformer, and the inscription "''Stati inu obstati''" (to stand and withstand)
| caption_8 = [[France Prešeren]], Slovenian Romantic poet, and the first line of the 7th stanza of ''[[Zdravljica]]'' (Slovenian [[national anthem]])
}}
<sup>1</sup> Slovenia achieved independence under the [[Zodiac|zodiac sign]] of Cancer.
==€2 commemorative coins==
{{main|€2 commemorative coins}}
<gallery>
Image:€2 commemorative coin Slovenia 2007 TOR.jpg|50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Signing of the [[Treaty of Rome]] (2007)
Image:€2 commemorative coin Slovenia 2008.jpg|500<sup>th</sup> Birthday of [[Primož Trubar]] (2008)
</gallery>
==Other commemorative coins (Collector's coins)==
{{main|Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Slovenia)}}
{{main|Euro gold and silver commemorative coins}}
Slovenia joined the Eurozone in [[January 1]] [[2007]]. In such a short time they already built a small collection of collectors coins, with face value ranging from 3 to 100 euro. These coins are not really intended to be used as means of payment, so generally they do not circulate. Here you can find some samples from the series "Presidency of the European Union":
<gallery>
Image:2008 Slovenia 3 Euro Presidency back.JPG|Copper, Nickel and Zinc, 3 euro
Image:2008 Slovenia 30 Euro Presidency back.JPG|Silver and Niobium, 30 euro
Image:2008 Slovenia 100 Euro Presidency back.JPG|Gold, 100 euro
</gallery>
==Selection Process for the National Side==
The first stage of the selection process started in April 2004, involving preliminary discussions with numismatists, designers and experts. The general public was also invited through the mass media to participate in a public tender concerning proposals of motifs (132 tenderers proposed 699 motifs). A special expert commission (9 different individual experts and members of different institutions, including the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Slovenia) dealt with the proposals and the process. The second stage of selection started when the Government of the Republic of Slovenia confirmed the commission's decision that invitations would be addressed to some prominent designers for the production of designs.
The commission invited five well-known Slovene designers. A special jury of reputable Slovene artists, designers, professors and connoisseurs of Slovene cultural heritage was appointed to review and assess the designs submitted for the Slovene euro coins. The commission of the Bank of Slovenia and Ministry of Finance unanimously agreed with the proposed selected designs prepared by Mr Miljenko Licul, along with Ms Maja Licul and Mr Janez Boljka. The Government of the Republic of Slovenia gave their consent and adopted the decision on 28 July 2005 to submit the selected design proposals for the national side of the Slovene euro coins to ECOFIN (Economic and Financial Committee) - Coins Sub-Committee, which acknowledged the compliance of the Slovene design proposals with European legislation on 5 October 2005. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.evro.si/en/slo-and-euro/slovene-euro-coins/ | title=Slovene euro coins on the official website of the Slovenian adoption of the euro}}</ref>
==Controversy==
The use of the [[Prince's Stone]] ([[Slovenian language|Slovenian]] ''Knežji kamen'', [[German language|German]] ''Fürstenstein'') on the 2-cent coin caused a minor political stir in the [[Carinthia (state)|Austrian State of Carinthia]]. The stone, an ancient Roman column that was used in the ritual of installing the princes of [[Carantania]] and later of the [[Carinthia (duchy)|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 [[25 October]] [[2005]], which was rejected as "not to be taken seriously" by the Slovenian foreign minister, [[Dimitrij Rupel]].
==Notes==
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==External links==
{{wikinews|Slovenia adopts euro}}
*[http://www.ecb.eu/bc/euro/coins/html/sl.en.html European Central Bank – Information about the Slovenian euro coins]
*[http://www.bsi.si/library/includes/datoteka.asp?DatotekaId=1715 The effigies of the new Slovene euro coins] (from the Bank of Slovenia)
*[http://www.evro.si/en/slo-and-euro/slovene-euro-coins/ Slovene euro coins on the official website of the Slovenian adoption of the euro]
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/theeuro/files/files.nat/slovenia.s01.htm The Euro Information Website – Slovenia]
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