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5 Tolarjev Olympics centennial
| Issuer | Bank of Slovenia |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Tolar (1991-2006) |
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| Obverse description | The numeral '5' appears prominently in the upper centre of the field, with the denomination legend 'TOLARJEV' immediately below. The circular border legend 'REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA' runs along the upper periphery. In the lower portion of the field, the Atlanta 1996 Olympic centennial torch-and-flame emblem is depicted above the five interlocked Olympic rings, with the date '1996' inscribed beneath in the lower exergue area. |
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| Edge | Reeded (170 reeds) |
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Slovenia issued this piece in 1996 to mark the centennial of the modern Olympic Games, coinciding with the Atlanta Summer Olympics — the first Games Slovenia participated in as an independent nation, having declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The country sent 59 athletes to Atlanta and returned with no medals, but the symbolic weight of competing under its own flag for the first time was considerable.
The nickel brass alloy was Slovenia's workhorse composition for circulating commemoratives throughout the mid-1990s tolar series.