The Republic of Slovenia is a country in central Europe with a capital city of Ljubljana. on the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire following WWI, Slovenia joined what was to become, in 1929, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. WWII saw the occupation by the Nazi's and was liberated in 1945 and Slovenia rejoined the now Federal Yugoslavia which quickly became a socialist republic. In 1990 the name of the country was changed to the Republic of Slovenia and the following year became an independent country which was accepted by the UN in 1992.Slovenia joined the EU in 2004 and adopted the Euro in 2007.
monetary unit:
1 Tolar = 100 Stotinas up to 2006
1 euro = 100 cents 2007 onward
The note above is the 1992 10 Tolarjev note with Primoz Trubar, the author of the first printed book in the Slovene language. the reverse has the Ursuline church in Ljubljana.
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