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The edge lettering on the Slovenian 2‐Euro‐commemorative coins is : (Slovenia)
Image	Country		Date	Feature	Ref.	Volume
🔎		Slovenia	25 Mar. 2007	50th anniversary of the Signature of the Treaty of Rome	20001 20002 20005	400,000	•
	Description : The Treaty establishing the European Community, called the Treaty of Rome (originally called the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in December 2009) was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands at the Conservatory Palace in Rome. It came into force on 1st of January 1958. At the same time two other treaties were concluded, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, which established EURATOM, and the Agreement on Institutions Common to the European Communities, which stipulated that the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had a common parliamentary assembly (now the European Parliament), a common Court of Justice and a common Economic and Social Committee. The coin depicts the Treaty signed by the representatives of the six founder states, framed by the cobblestones of the Capitol Square in Rome (designed by Michelangelo), which was the place where the Treaty was signed. The coin is a joint design by the Austrian Mint Münze Österreich AG, the Spanish Real Casa de la Moneda and the Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. National characteristics : At the top are the words "RIMSKA POGODBA" (Treaty of Rome) and "50 LET" (50 years), below it is an illustration of the treaty with the words "EVROPA" (Europe), below that is the year "2007" and the country name "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia). The coin was minted without mint mark by the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa.

🔎		Slovenia	26 May 2008	500th birthday of Primož Trubar	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : Primož Trubar (1508‐1586) came into contact with humanistic ideas and the Reformation in Trieste under Bishop Pietro Bonomo. At the beginning of the 1530s he preached in Slovene as the vicar of Bishop Christophorus Rauber in Ljubljana. Because of his turn to Protestantism, he was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1547 and went into exile in Germany. As a deacon in Rothenburg ob der Tauber he published the first book in Slovenian "Catechismus In der Windischenn Sprach" in 1550. 1553‐1561, now a Protestant pastor in Kempten, he translated the New Testament from the Luther Bible into Slovenian. In 1567 he became parish priest in Derendingen near Tübingen, where he died in 1586. His grave in the St.‐Gallus‐Church is often visited by Slovenian groups, who honour in him the reformer and/or the founder of Slovenian literature. The coin shows him, who is also depicted on the Slovenian 1 euro coin, according to a bust by the Bosnian‐Slovenian sculptor Mirsad Begič. On the left side the name "PRIMOŽ TRUBAR" and his life data "1508 • 1586" are shown, on the right side "SLOVENIJA 2008" (Slovenia 2008). The design is by Maja Licul and Miljenko Licul, the plaster model was created by Janez Boljka. The coin was minted without mintmarks by the Royal Dutch Mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Slovenia	05 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : In 1972 the European Exchange Rate Mechanism was created to limit fluctuations between currencies. In 1975 a basket of currencies was used to define the European Currency Unit (ECU) and in 1979 the European Monetary System was created. 1990 saw the start of the first stage of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and in 1994 the second stage, during which the European Monetary Institute prepared for the establishment of the European Central Bank (ECB). In 1996 the European Commission established the currency abbreviation €. In 1999, saw the third stage of EMU, all participating currencies were linked to the euro by exchange rate parity. In 2008 a design competition was held for the EMU Community Edition coin and out of 5 proposals a winner, Georgios Stamatopoulos was determined by an online vote. The design shows a stylised human stick figure on the blank space of an irregularly shaped ancient coin, with the € symbol on the left arm. It symbolises the transition from the bartering of archaic times to European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Below the € symbol are the designer's initials "ΓΣ" and the years "1999‐2009". National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "EMU". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa.

🔎		Slovenia	10 May 2010	200th anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Ljubljana	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The coin, designed by Gorazd Učakar and minted by the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa without mintmarks, features the theme "200 LET•BOTANIČNI VRT•LJUBLJANA•" (200th anniversary of the Ljubljana Botanical Garden) in a circular pattern and "SLOVENIJA 2010" (Slovenia 2010). Inside, the endemic umbellifer "HLADNIKIA PASTINACIFOLIA", which has existed since the Pleistocene, is depicted. It was discovered by the founder of the Ljubljana Botanical Garden, Francis of Paula Hladnik (1773‐1844).

🔎		Slovenia	21 Mar. 2011	100th birthday of Franc Rozman — Stane	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : Franc Rozman (1911‐1944) fought as partisan commander during the Second World War for the liberation of Slovenia from German occupation. The five‐pointed star shown below symbolises the Slovenian Liberation Front, of which Rozman was a member. In three vertical lines at the top right read "FRANC ROZMAN STANE". Next to it (two horizontal lines) his life data "1911" and "1944" are mentioned, below that horizontally the country of issue "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia) and vertically the year of issue "2011". The coin was designed by Edi Berk and minted without mintmarks at the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa.

🔎		Slovenia	03 Jan. 2012	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : To mark the tenth anniversary of the final adoption of the euro as cash, all 17 EU countries using the euro as their official currency issued a commemorative € 2 coin. There were five designs submitted, which could be voted for online. The result was announed on the 30th of June 2011: the winning design was created by Helmut Andexlinger and shows a globe in the middle, overlaid with the euro symbol. The importance of the euro in Europe and the world as a whole coupled with the fact that it has become a global player in the international monetary system over the last ten years, is illustrated by the euro symbol. According to the designer, the symbolic elements around the stylised globe represent the suggestion that the euro offers more opportunities for businesses and markets which in turn ensures economic stability by encouraging investment in this environment. The factory shape symbolises production, the cargo ship trade, all of which benefit the symbolic family of four with three homes by providing more quality jobs and stable consumer prices. The symbol of the Eurotower in Frankfurt/M. represents financial strength and the two wind turbines shows stimulation in innovative investments that this environment presents, whose central element is the euro. At the bottom of the coin are the years "2002 and "2012". National characteristics : At the top of the coin is the name of the issuing country "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia). The coin was minted without mint marks by the Slovak Mint Mincovňa Kremnica, š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Slovenia	04 Feb. 2013	800 years since the discovery of the Postojna Cave	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The commemorative coin commemorates the 800th anniversary of the first documented visit to the Postojna Caves (Adelsberg Cave), a huge system of stalactite caves in the Karst. The touristically accessible part comprises more than 20 km of cave passages. Two massive stalagmites are depicted inside the cave. The semicircular inscription reads "POSTOJNSKA JAMA·1213‐2013·SLOVENIJA" (Postojna Caves·1213‐2013·Slovenia). The coin designed by Matevž Zalar was minted without mint mark by the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Slovenia	17 Nov. 2014	600th anniversary of the Coronation of Barbara of Celje	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : On the 8th of November 1414, Sigismund of Luxembourg and Barbara of Cilli were crowned royal couple of the Holy Roman Empire in Aachen. Barbara had been Queen of Hungary and Croatia since 1408. In 1408 the royal couple founded the Order of the Dragon, modelled on the Order of St. George. Until 1415, Barbara took part in the Council of Constance alongside Sigismund and in 1429 in the Congress of Lucerne. In 1433 she became Roman‐German Empress, and in 1437 ‐ shortly before Sigismund's death ‐ Queen of Bohemia. Beside her great political influence (1412‐1418 she served as governor of her husband in Hungary several times) she also had a reputation as an astrologer and alchemist. In 1451 she died of the plague in Bohemian Mělnik and was buried in the princely crypt in St Vitus Cathedral in Prague (Sigismund rests in the cathedral church in Oradea). Barbara Celjska (as her Slovenian name is) is represented by hatching with a cross of paws on her head, a sceptre and the three six‐pointed stars of the Counts of Cilli, which originally came from the coat of arms of the Counts of Heunburg and now adorn the coat of arms of Slovenia. The name of the issuing state "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia) is ‐ diagonally ascending ‐ on the left, their name "BARBARA CELJSKA" and the dates "1414‐2014" are on the right. The coin was designed by Primož Fijavž, Boštjan Botas Kenda and Peter Rauch and minted without a mintmark by the Royal Dutch Mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Slovenia	09 Nov. 2015	Bimillenary of the foundation of Emona	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : Emona, on the site of today's Ljubljana, was a military camp (lat. Castrum) established 2000 years ago. The coin motif designed by Matej Ramšak is a composition of letters of the word "EMONA" or "AEMONA" and a stylised representation of the settlement's ground plan. The double "M" means "2000" in the Roman numeral script. In a semicircle, "EMONA LJUBLJANA SLOVENIJA 2015" at the bottom right‐hand corner indicates the occasion (Emona Lubljana), Slovenia as the issuing country and the year of issue. The coin was minted without mintmarks by the Slovakian mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Slovenia	07 Dez. 2015	30th anniversary of the EU‐Flag	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : From 1950, the Council of Europe had been working on the design of a flag for Europe. The proposal to adopt the emblem of the Paneuropa Union, founded by Richard Coudenhove‐Kalergi in 1922, was rejected because of its supposed Christian symbolism. In 1955 it was agreed that the European flag, also adopted by the European Community on 29th of June 1985, would be the European flag with the twelve (a number of twelve is considered a sign of perfection) golden stars in a circular (symbolising unity) arrangement on a blue background. To mark the 30th anniversary of the EU flag, all 19 EU countries which use the euro as their official currency issued a commemorative €2 coin. There were five designs to choose from which could be voted for online. The result was declared on 28th of May 2015. The coin design was created by Georgios Stamatopoulos, coin designer at the Bank of Greece, whose initials "ΓΣ" can be seen in the lower right‐hand corner. It shows twelve stylised persons in a circle around a European flag with the twelve euro stars. National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia), followed by the dates "1985‐2015". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Slovenia	20 Jun. 2016	25th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Slovenia	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The coin designed by Jerney Kejžar depicts an extract from the Slovenian national anthem Zdravljica, in the manuscript of the poet France Prešeren (1800‐1849), under the words "25 LET" (25 years) and "REPUBLIKA SLOVENIA" (Republic of Slovenia) with the words "dočákat' dan" (wait for the day). The year of issue "2016" is given below. The coin was made without mintmarks by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Slovenia	02 Feb. 2017	10th anniversary of the adoption of the Euro in Slovenia	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The coin motif designed by Matej Ramšak shows ten flying swallows forming a circle. Swallows are considered to be a good omen because of their return from bird migration in spring. At the bottom is a semi‐circle with the words "10 LET SKUPNE EVROPSKE VALUTE" (10 years of European currency) and "SLOVENIJA 2017" (Slovenia 2017) at the top. The coin was minted without mintmark by the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Slovenia	14 May 2018	World Bee Day	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The 20th May, proclaimed World Bee Day by the United Nations at Slovenia's request, commemorates the birthday of Anton Janscha (1734‐1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping, who was appointed teacher of beekeeping at the Theresianische Imkerschule in the Augarten district of Vienna by Empress Maria Theresia in 1770. The coin designed by Janez Bizjak shows ‐ in the shape of a globe ‐ a honeycomb with partly covered honey cells, which form roughly stylised outlines of Europe, a large part of Africa and adjacent areas ‐ from the Near East to Arctic North America with Greenland. On the upper left is the inscription "SVETOVNI DAN ČEBEL" (World Bee Day) and on the lower right "SLOVENIJA 2018" (Slovenia 2018). The coin was made without mintmarks by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Slovenia	25 Nov. 2019	100 years since the foundation of the University Ljubljana	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The coin, designed by Daniela Vidmar Podboj and Tomaz Podboj, features the square logo of the University of Ljubljana under the words "100 LET UNIVERZE LJUBLJANA" (100 years of the University of Ljubljana). At the bottom right, it reads "SLOVENIJA 2019" (Slovenia 2019). The coin was made without mintmarks by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Slovenia	23 Dec. 2020	500th anniversary of the birth of Adam Bohorič	20002 20007 20008	1,000,000	•
	Description : Adam Bohorič (∼1520‐1598) from Reichenburg in Lower Styria (today Brestanica in Slovenia) studied at the Artistic Faculty of the Leucorea in Luther's city of Wittenberg as a student of Philipp Melanchthon. Active as a schoolmaster, author and philologist, he published the first Slovenian grammar in Latin in 1584, with the title Arcticae horulae succisivae (Free Winter Hours; Slovenian title: Proste zimske urice). The Bible verse it contains from Paul of Tarsus' Letter to the Romans, "Omnis lingua confitebitur Deo." (Rom 14,11; according to the Luther Bible: Let all tongues confess God) forms the motif of the commemorative coin, together with the Slovenian translation overlaying it, "Vſaki jesik bode Boga ſposnal." in the alphabet named after the author, Bohoričica, common in Slovene literature until the 19th century, with round ("s") and long s ("ſ"). On the left and above is written "ADAM BOHORIČ 1520 \| SLOVENIJA 2020" (Slovenia 2020). The coin was designed by Lana Semečnik and produced without a mint mark by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Slovenia	25 Oct. 2021	200th anniversary of the establishment of the Carniola Provincial Museum	20002 20003 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : With the death of Henry of Carinthia, the Margraviate of Carniola fell to Habsburg in 1335 and Ljubljana became the capital of the territory ‐ called a duchy from 1364 ‐ which belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and was considered part of Inner Austria. On the 5th of October 1821, the Krainer Landtag decided to establish a regional museum, the Carniolan Estates Museum ‐ today it is considered the oldest scientific and cultural institution in Slovenia. Emperor Franz I granted permission to purchase the Sigmund Zois von Edelstein mineral collection. Renamed the Carniolan National Museum in 1826, it was opened in Ljubljana on the 4th of October 1831, in the building of the Caesareo Regii Lyceum Labacense, next to St. Nicholas Cathedral. The naturalist Franz von Hohenwart (1771‐1844) donated large parts of his natural history and mineral collection to the museum. In honour of Rudolf, the heir to the throne of the Austro‐Hungarian monarchy, the museum was renamed the Carniolan Regional Museum ‐ Rudolfinum in 1882. In the same year, the museum acquired the freshly recovered bronze Situla of Vaj of Illyrian origin, dated to the 5th century BC and assigned to the Hallstatt period. It is now one of the most important exhibits in a museum that opened on the 2nd of December 1888, became the National Museum of Yugoslavia in 1921 after the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was founded in 1918, and has been the National Museum of Slovenia since Slovenia's independence in 1991. Its logo refers to the Situla of Vaj. The four concentric arcs of the logo are taken up by the coin designer Lana Semečnik as a motif and supplemented with the Slovenian and German historical names and the founding year of the museum to form concentric circles: "KRANJSKI STANOVSKI MUSEJ KRAINISCH STÄNDISCHES MUSEUM" (Carniola State Musee), "1821 DEŽELNI MUZEJ ZA KRANSJSKO" (1821 Regional Museum for Carniola), "KRAINISCHES LANDESMUSEUM RUDOLFINUM" (Carniolan Regional Museum Rudolfinum) and "SLOVENIJA 2021" (Slovenia 2021) for the issuing country and the year of issue. The coin was produced without mint mark by the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Slovenia	02 Mar. 2022	150th birthday of the architect Jože Plečnik	20002 20003 20005	1,000,000	•
	Work in progress

🔎		Slovenia	01 Jul. 2022	35th anniversary of the Erasmus Program	20003 20005 20009	1,000,000	•
	Description : ERASMUS is a backronym for EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students. The ERASMUS exchange programme is aimed at EU citizens who have been studying at a university for at least one year and supports a three to twelve‐month stay abroad at a university within the EU, or an internship. In addition, there are master's and doctoral programmes, programmes for young entrepreneurs, for school education, vocational training and adult education. Internships as well as professional development measures are financially supported and language courses abroad are also made possible for working people. The backronym refers to the Dutch philosopher and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam (∼1466‐1536), described as "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists", depicted after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger created in 1523. The French coin designer Joaquin Jimenez, whose initials "J.J." appear next to Erasmus' pen, has designed as a background a network of connecting lines between the twelve stars arranged in a circle and symbolising Europe, which is intended to represent the manifold intellectual and human exchanges between European students. By relieving some partial areas between the connecting lines, the numbers 3 and 5 emerge, referring to the 35th anniversary of the programme. In a block of three to four lines of lettering arranged in a quarter circle at the bottom right, the commemorative period is written as "1987-2022" (the last number also designating the year of issue) below the occasion of issue, followed by the name of the issuing state, if this does not consist of an abbreviation placed in the centre of the motif. National characteristics : The quarter circle at the bottom right has four lines; below the commemorative period, the occasion of issue "PROGRAM ERASMUS" (Erasmus programme in Slovenian), below that the issuing country "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia). The coin was produced without a mint mark by the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica. The coin belongs to those with a more structured background.

🔎		Slovenia	19 Dec. 2023	150th birthday of Josip Plemelj	20003 20005	1,000,000	•
	Work in progress

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Data mirrored from Wikipedia Page "2_euro_commemorative_coins" with friendly support of the guardians of that page.
20003	Images taken with authorisation by H....... Hamburg	20004	Coloured version of this Commemorative Coin in circulation EU‐legal‐technical specifications do not recongnise colour prints. The EU nevertheless tolerates them, as their numbers are very small and they are sold in special packs and therefor are very unlikely to be used as currency.
20005	enlarged Images taken with authorisation by Gerd Seyffert © "Gerd Seyffert 2021"	20006	Not Applicable
20007	Images taken by Münzen Kreuzberg © "Münzen Kreuzberg 2021"	20008	enlarged Images taken by Münzen Kreuzberg © "Münzen Kreuzberg 2021"
20009	Text with kind permission by Gerd Seyffert © "Gerd Seyffert 2023"	20010	Not Applicable