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50 Tolarjev
| Issuer | Banka Slovenije |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Pink, purple and orange intaglio print on a multicolour underprint, centred on a black-and-white engraved portrait of mathematician Jurij Vega, whose profile silhouette is filled with microwriting. To the left, a geometric diagram from Vega's Treatise on the Sphere is rendered in intaglio. Inscriptions include the issuer name, denomination in figures and words, and the subject's name with birth and death years. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Slovenia's first sovereign currency series, of which this is part, was introduced following independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and the brief but consequential Ten-Day War. The tolar replaced the Yugoslav dinar at par initially, though the exchange quickly became irrelevant as the dinar collapsed into hyperinflation — giving the new notes an immediate practical urgency rather than a ceremonial one.
All three credited engravers — Licul, Kosovelj, and Španzel — were Slovenian, a deliberate choice for a nation asserting cultural autonomy through its new currency. The print run of just over twelve million is modest by regional standards, reflecting Slovenia's small population and a short intended circulation window before higher-denomination needs shifted focus.