To mark the signing of Slovenia’s agreement on full membership of the European Union in Athens in April 2003, the Bank of Slovenia issued banknotes for 10,000 tolars, 1,000 tolars, and 100 tolars that have a special gold feature on the left side of the portrait: “2004” written vertically, with the final numeral being transformed over five stages into a five-pointed star. The hand-engraved portrait of the writer Ivan Cankar is the main motif on the front of the banknote. The profile silhouette filled by the writer´s handwriting completes the image. In the central part of the banknote, the stage plan of the former Theatre of Ljubljana is represented, with a chrysanthemum made in the technique of embossing above it. The watermark bears Smrekar’s caricature of Ivan Cankar.
Reverse description
The main design of the reverse of the banknote is the engraving of the chrysanthemum. Part of the original handwriting of the writer is printed across the central part of the banknote.
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Obverse lettering
BANKA SLOVENIJE
10000
DESET TISOČ TOLARJEV
10000
200444*** (Translation: Bank of Slovenia 10000 10000 Tolarjev 10000 200444***)
