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Slovenian banknotes 20 tolarjev 1992 Series, issued by the Bank of Slovenia (Banka Slovenije)
Slovenian tolar, Slovenian banknotes, Slovenian paper money, Slovenian bank notes, Slovenia banknotes, Slovenia paper money, Slovenia bank notesThe hand engraved portrait of the polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor is the main motif on the front of the banknote. The profile silhouette filled up with microwriting completes the image. In the left hand area of the banknote the motif of a geodetic pair of compasses is printed by the intaglio method. The watermark bears the face of J. V. Valvasor.
On the back various segments of the map of Slovenia and the final vignette of two angels from J. V. Valvasor´s book "The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola" are printed by the intaglio method. The left hand area of the banknote bears the inscription "Dulcis ex labore fructus".
Size: 126 x 63 mm
Date of issue: January 15, 1992
Put in circulation: December 28, 1992
Out of circulation: January 15, 2007
Valueless: exchangeable without time limit
Slovenian banknotes - Slovenia paper money
In 1992, the Bank of Slovenia introduced the following banknotes (10 tolarjev, 20 tolarjev, 50 tolarjev, 100 tolarjev, 200 tolarjev, 500 tolarjev, 1000 tolarjev, 5000 tolarjev, 10000 tolarjev), all of which feature notable Slovenes. The banknotes were designed by Miljenko Licul and coauthors, whereas portraits were drawn by Rudi Španzel. They were printed by the British company De La Rue on paper produced in Radeče, Slovenia.
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Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor
Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor (Slovene: Janez Vajkard Valvasor) or simply Valvasor (baptized on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
He is known as a pioneer of study of karst phenomena. His best known work, the 1689 Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published in 15 tomes, was together with his other writings until the late 19th century the main sources for older Slovenian history, making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography.
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (German: Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain, Slovene: Slava vojvodine Kranjske) is an encyclopedia published in Nuremberg in 1689 by the polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. It is the most important work on his homeland, the Duchy of Carniola, the present-day central part of Slovenia.