Slovenia (1992-2007)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the independence of the country of Yugoslavia, in which the Slovenes chose Milan Kučan as President (re-elected in 1997) and Janez Drnovšek as Prime Minister. At this time it led to a gradual economic, social transformation and trade was oriented towards the West. Drnovšek stopped being PM in 2002 and that same year he became President of the country until 2007. Under his presidency the referendums of union of Slovenia to NATO and the European Union were voted and approved with Janez Janša as Prime Minister, under which there was a period of unsustainable growth, with Slovenian banks overindebted by the optimism caused by the union to the EU. There are banknotes of 10 Slovenian tolars, 20 Slovenian tolars, 50 Slovenian tolars, 100 Slovenian tolars, 200 Slovenian tolars, 500 Slovenian tolars, 1,000 Slovenian tolars, 5,000 Slovenian tolars and 10,000 Slovenian tolars.

20 Slovenian tolars (dvajset tolarjev)

This banknote worth 20 tolars was first circulated in January the 15th of 1992. On the main side left it can be seen Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, a nobleman from Carniola (now part of Slovenia) who was a scientist and polymath, besides having joined the Royal Society of London and being a pioneer in the study of karst landscape. In the left there's the written name of the banknote and the name of the National Bank in Slovenian (Banka Slovenije), a 20, a compass and decorative elements.
On the other side of the banknote appears the slogan dulcis ex labore fructus (sweetness is the fruit of work in Latin), with the map of the country in the background and some angels. Moreover there's another 20 and written value of the banknote and the National Bank too. The rest of the banknote is completed with decorative elements. This banknote has Johann Weikhard von Valvasor as digital watermark and a security thread too. The size of this banknote is 12.8 cm x 6.3 cm.