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Banks Start Selling Euro Coin Starter Sets

15 December 2006

Banks on Friday started selling starter sets of Slovenian euro coins in a bid to help Slovenians get used to the new currency. One pack costs SIT 3,000 and contains 44 coins of all denominations worth EUR 12.52.

Photo: KIT

The coins, like banknotes, will enter into use on 1 January 2007, when the euro becomes the official currency in Slovenia.

Photo: KIT

Moreover, the majority of Slovenian banks and Banka Slovenije, Slovenia's central bank, also started selling commemorative coins today. A SIT 4,530 (EUR 18.90) pack contains all denominations of coins with Slovenian motifs. The coins are kept in a special casing containing technical data and short explanations of the motifs.

Source: Slovene press agency