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Turning points

1991-10-08

Territorial currency separation

Slovenian tolars replaced Yugoslav dinars at par. ^[1]

1992-09-30

Regular banknotes issued

Regular tolar banknotes followed the 1991 temporary payment notes. A cash-series milestone, not a second currency birth. ^[2]

Slovenia: monetary substitution; not necessarily last cash tender

Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 239.640 SIT. Slovenia: euro adoption 2007-01-01; cash 2007-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Slovenia: euro cash legal-tender start

Euro cash changeover

Slovenia: euro adoption 2007-01-01; cash 2007-01-01. ^[4]

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“Slovenian tolar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000799.html

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