Slovenia assumed the rotating presidency of the EU Council in January 2008 — the first new member state to do so since the 2004 enlargement wave. The coin was issued to mark that occasion. Mintages for Slovenian gold commemoratives from this period were characteristically low, with collector demand concentrated almost entirely within the country itself.
Slovenia assumed the rotating presidency of the EU Council in January 2008 — the first new member state to do so since the 2004 enlargement wave. The coin was issued to mark that occasion. Mintages for Slovenian gold commemoratives from this period were characteristically low, with collector demand concentrated almost entirely within the country itself.