Catalog
20 Euro Cents
| Issuer | Národná banka Slovenska (National Bank of Slovakia) |
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| Year | 2009-2024 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A detailed rendering of Bratislava Castle dominates the central field, depicted atop a rocky hill with terraced fortifications and four corner towers, above the Slovak national coat of arms (a double-barred cross on a three-peaked mountain) in the lower left. The composition is enclosed within a raised inner circle, beyond which twelve five-pointed stars are arranged around the periphery in the standard European Union motif. The curved legend SLOVENSKO arcs along the lower portion of the inner field, with the mint year flanking either side. Engravers' initials MK, JČ, and PK appear discreetly within the design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Slovakia joined the Eurozone on 1 January 2009, making it the first of the post-communist Visegrád Group nations to adopt the euro — a distinction achieved after years of fiscal consolidation that began following the country's separation from Czechoslovakia in 1993. The timing was notable: Slovakia entered the single currency just as the global financial crisis was cresting, a fact that generated considerable domestic debate about whether the koruna's exchange rate had been locked in at an optimal moment.