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4 Euro Queen Jelena Slavna
| Issuer | Croatian Mint (Hrvatska kovnica novca) |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Currency | Euro (2023-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a detailed botanical rendering of Degenia velebitica, a rare endemic plant native to the Velebit mountain range of Croatia, depicted growing from rocky terrain in the central field. The plant's delicate branching stems and small flowers are rendered with fine engraving detail, serving as a symbol of resilience and endurance. The circular legend REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA appears along the upper periphery, while the denomination 4 EURO and the date 2026. are inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA 4 EURO 2026. |
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Croatia joined the eurozone on January 1, 2023, replacing the kuna after three decades of independence. The Croatian Mint's commemorative program has since navigated an unusual constraint: issuing euro-denominated collector pieces without a domestic minting facility capable of producing circulating coinage at scale, outsourcing standard production while retaining prestige issues in-house. Queen Jelena, a 10th-century Croatian ruler documented in a surviving inscription at Solin — one of the oldest preserved Croatian-language texts — has become a recurring figure in Croatian numismatic commemoration precisely because the inscription itself constitutes rare contemporary evidence of early medieval Croatian queenship.