Slovthing

A few days ago, I have found the new slovak 20 cent coin among my change. This coin starts a new column in my collection. I have had no slovak coins before. Before 2009, actually, no one had.

It was somewhat confusing, because the inscription on the coin said "Slovensko", which I interpreted to mean Slovenia. But the image of a slovenian coin looked completely different. There, they call their country "Slovenija". So I assume "Slovensko" somehow means Slovakia. Confusing, but that's something we need to get used to in the EU.