By the mid fourth-century BC, coins were issued primarily on the islands of Pharos, the island of Issa and in the kingdom of Paeonia. Paeonian and Celtic coins (in Croatia) were succeeded by Roman coins following the annexation of Macedonia in the second century BC, though initially these coins were minted in Rome. After the fall of Rome, Byzantine coins were predominant until the twelfth century when Freisach pfennigs and Venetian denarii began to circulate. In the 1260s, the kings of Serbia began issuing imitations of Venetian grossi.
Serbia fell under Ottoman rule in 1459. Slavonia and northern Yugoslavia remained mostly under Hungarian rule, while Montenegro remained independent. Venice remained an important influence in Dalmatia until 1797 where Venetian coinage made up most of the currency. Ragusa survived as a republic under Turkish protection from 1526 until 1806 using a monetary system similar to that of Venice with 1 ducat equal to 40 grossetti and 240 soldi.
Slovenia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the country gained its independence on December 1, 1918 as part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was renamed Yugoslavia on October 3, 1929. After invasion by Italy and Germany, the current are of Slovenia was split in two with the coast and Ljubljana part of Italy while the hinterlands became part of the Gross-Deutsche Reich. Slovenia was reincorporated into Yugoslavia after liberation in April 1945 and remained part of Yugoslavia until October 8, 1991 when it gained its independence from Yugoslavia.
The Austrian Kronen (ATK) circulated in Slovenia while it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Initially, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes introduced their own Kronen (YUK), which were quickly replaced by the Serb Dinar (YUS) at the rate of 1 Dinar equal to 4 Kronen. During World War II, Italian Lira were used in the parts of Slovenia annexed by Italy, and German Reichsmarks were used in the parts of Slovenia annexed by Germany. Germany issued special Lira (SIL) banknotes for the Province of Laibach (Ljubljana) in 1944, issued by the Savings Bank of the Province of Ljubljana.
In April 1945, Yugoslavia was liberated, and the Yugoslav Federation Dinar was introduced with official rates of exchange set at 1 Yugoslav Federation Dinar (YUF) equal to 40 Croatian Kuna or 20 Serbian Dinars, and 50 YUF equal to 1 US Dollar. Because of persistent inflation a Hard Dinar (YUD) had to be introduced on January 1, 1966 with 1 Hard Dinar equal to 100 Yugoslav Dinar. A New Dinar (YUN) was introduced on January 1, 1990 with 1 Convertible Dinar equal to 10,000 Hard Dinars.
After Slovenia gained its independence, the Central Bank issued the Slovenian Tolar Bons (SIB) at par with the Yugoslav Dinar on October 8, 1991. The Tolar replaced the Tolar Bons at par on October 7, 1992. The Tolar is divisible into 100 Stotinas. Banknotes were issued by the government in 1992, and by the Banka Slovenije since 1992. |
Here is a 1992 dated note valued at 50 Tolarjev. The note is black, purple and brown-orange on multicolored underprint. The obverse features Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (born March 1754 and died September 1802, he was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer) on the right side of the note, a geometric design and calculations to the left. The reverse depicts an academy to the upper left, with planets and a geometric design in the center. The Baron also appears as the notes watermark.
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