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Slovenian tolar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1991–2007. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Slovenian tolar

T-FTM000799 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1991–2007; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Postwar Yugoslav dinar — before successor separationsterritorial currency separation · 1991-10-08
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Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsabsorbed into existing currency · 2007-01-01 · later absorption or contribution
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Siblings

Monetary history 4 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

2007-01-01Euro 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.

C686, C687, C646
2007-01-01Euro cash changeover

Slovenia: euro adoption 2007-01-01; cash 2007-01-01.

C687
1991-10-08Territorial currency separation

Slovenian tolars replaced Yugoslav dinars at par.

C842
1992-09-30Regular banknotes issued

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

C843
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C686

1 EUR = 239.640 SIT.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 · Open source ↗

art.1, Slovenia currency row; exact decimal retained

Source access and limitations

Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.

Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.

Supported C687

Slovenia: euro adoption 2007-01-01; cash 2007-01-01.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

Annex, Slovenia row; arts.2–3 provide substitution

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

Supported C842

Slovenian tolars replaced Yugoslav dinars at par.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

Slovenia, PDF p. 221; issuer’s temporary-note history

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Banka Slovenije · The story of the tolar Citation S419 · Open source ↗

Slovenia, PDF p. 221; issuer’s temporary-note history

Supported C843

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

Banka Slovenije · The story of the tolar Citation S419 · Open source ↗

8 October 1991 temporary notes; 30 September 1992 regular banknotes

Supported C646

Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

arts.1, 1a, 2–3

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

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