Slovenian euro coins were first issued for circulation on 1 January 2007 and a unique feature is designed for each coin. The design of approximately 230 million Slovenian euro coins (total value of approximately €80 million) was unveiled on 7 October 2005. The designers were Miljenko Licul, Maja Licul and Janez Boljka. The Mint of Finland was chosen to mint the coins through an international tender in 2007.
Slovenia was the first country to join the eurozone out of the 10 new member states that joined the European Union in 2004, and the first ex-Yugoslav republic to join the eurozone.
The Slovenian euro coins were the first to feature a new common side, with a new map of Europe on the bicoloured and Nordic-gold coins.[1] For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.