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500 Tolarjev Centennial of Slovene Sokol Association
| Issuer | Bank of Slovenia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 8.65 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre bears a bold geometric design depicting two stylised solar or star motifs, separated by a vertical line at the centre, referencing the Sokol gymnastic movement's emblem. The design is enclosed within a decagonal inner border that bridges both the centre and the nickel brass ring, with angular facets framing the composition. The commemorative legend '100 LET SLOVENSKE SOKOLSKE ZVEZE' (100 Years of the Slovene Sokol Association) is inscribed along the outer ring, with the upper portion reading normally and the lower portion appearing inverted in the medal alignment, consistent with the coin's orientation. |
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The Sokol movement — founded in Prague in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš as a Czech nationalist gymnastics organization — spread rapidly through Slavic communities as a vehicle for physical culture fused with ethnic self-determination. The Slovene branch, established in Ljubljana in 1863, operated under persistent pressure from Austrian authorities who viewed its pan-Slavic undercurrents with open suspicion. By the early twentieth century the organization had been suppressed, revived, and reorganized multiple times across the region.
After World War II, the communist Yugoslav government dissolved Sokol entirely in 1948, folding its assets into state sports infrastructure. The Slovene association was not formally reconstituted until after independence.