Catalog
10 000 Tolarjev
| Issuer | Banka Slovenije |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| In circulation to | 15 January 2007 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait vignette of the Slovenian writer Ivan Cankar, rendered in a hand-engraved style, with a profile silhouette overlay filled with the writer's own handwriting. At centre, a stage plan of the former Ljubljana Theatre is reproduced, surmounted by an embossed chrysanthemum motif. The watermark area carries Hinko Smrekar's caricature of Ivan Cankar. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The 10,000 Tolar was the highest denomination issued in Slovenia's first sovereign currency series, introduced after the country's exit from the Yugoslav monetary system in 1991. At the time of issue, 10,000 Tolarjev represented significant purchasing power, though Slovenia's early 1990s inflation — manageable by regional standards but real — meant the denomination earned its place in daily commerce rather than sitting purely as a reserve note.
The print date of 30 April 1945 in the data above is almost certainly a cataloging anomaly; that date marks the final days of World War II in Yugoslavia, nearly half a century before the Tolar existed.