The 1995 FAO issue was produced as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's long-running coin program, which encouraged member states to mint dedicated pieces promoting food security and agricultural development. Slovenia, having declared independence in 1991 and introduced the tolar only in 1992, was still a young issuing authority when this piece was struck — its participation in an international UN program a deliberate signal of institutional normalization.
The Čop reference places this squarely within the specialist Slovenian catalog compiled by Marijan Čop, the primary attribution system used for tolar-era coinage.
The 1995 FAO issue was produced as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's long-running coin program, which encouraged member states to mint dedicated pieces promoting food security and agricultural development. Slovenia, having declared independence in 1991 and introduced the tolar only in 1992, was still a young issuing authority when this piece was struck — its participation in an international UN program a deliberate signal of institutional normalization.
The Čop reference places this squarely within the specialist Slovenian catalog compiled by Marijan Čop, the primary attribution system used for tolar-era coinage.