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5 Tolarjev First railway in Slovenia
| Issuer | Bank of Slovenia |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| In circulation to | 14 January 2007 |
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| Obverse description | The denomination numeral '5' appears prominently in the left field, with the legend 'TOLARJEV' arcing along the upper rim. In the upper right quadrant, a stylised geometric design depicting the corner of a railway carriage wheel or track element is rendered in relief, incorporating the date '1996' within its framework. The issuer legend 'REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA' curves along the lower rim in Latin capitals. |
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| Edge | Reeded (170 reeds) |
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Slovenia's first railway line, opened in 1846, connected Ljubljana to Celje as part of the Vienna–Trieste Southern Railway — an Austrian imperial project driven by Vienna's need for reliable access to its Adriatic port. The commemorative was issued fifty years after Slovenian independence, anchoring a modern national identity to infrastructure built under Habsburg administration, a deliberate irony that went largely unremarked at the time of issue.