{"product_id":"slovenia-p-13-50-tolarjev-1992-unc-uncirculated","title":"Slovenia P-13 50 Tolarjev 1992 UNC uncirculated—The Ballistics Scientist","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou will receive a banknote of this design in \u003cstrong\u003eUncirculated condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Serial numbers and series vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColors: pink, purple and orange; portrait in black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematician Jurij Vega\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilhouette consisting of microwriting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrawing from Vega's treatise on ballistics \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreatise on the Sphere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColors: blue and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolar system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcademy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEngravers\u003c\/strong\u003e: Miljenko Licul, Zvone Kosovelj, Rudi Španzel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnother Slovenian Renaissance Man, Jurij Vega (1754–1802)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eVega’s contributions spanned the theoretical and the highly practical:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLogarithmic Tables:\u003c\/strong\u003e His most \u003cstrong\u003efamous work, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThesaurus Logarithmorum Completus \u003c\/em\u003e(1794), was a massive \u003cstrong\u003ecollection of mathematical tables.\u003c\/strong\u003e These tables were so accurate that they were \u003cstrong\u003eused globally by scientists and engineers \u003c\/strong\u003efor over 150 years—well \u003cstrong\u003einto the 20th century\u003c\/strong\u003e before electronic calculators existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCalculating Pi (π): \u003c\/strong\u003eIn 1789, he calculated π to \u003cstrong\u003e140 decimal places\u003c\/strong\u003e, a world record at the time that stood for 52 years. He used the formula:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\/4 π \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e =5 arctan 1\/7\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e + 2 arctan 1\/18 + 3 arctan 1\/31\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMilitary Ballistics: \u003c\/strong\u003eAs a high-ranking \u003cstrong\u003eofficer in the Austrian artillery, \u003c\/strong\u003ehe revolutionized \u003cstrong\u003ehow cannons were aimed.\u003c\/strong\u003e He applied his mathematical genius to calculate the trajectories of projectiles, \u003cstrong\u003emaking artillery far more precise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Metric System:\u003c\/strong\u003e He was a huge advocate and helped \u003cstrong\u003eintroduce the metric system to the Austrian Empire,\u003c\/strong\u003e long before it became a global standard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBorn: \u003cstrong\u003e1754\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003eZagorica pri Dolskem, \u003cstrong\u003eDuchy of Carniola\u003c\/strong\u003e (modern-day Slovenia), which had been \u003cstrong\u003epart of Austria \u003c\/strong\u003esince the 1300s. He was born into a poor peasant family, making his rise to the nobility (becoming a \"Baron\") even more impressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath: September 26, 1802 (aged 48) in \u003cstrong\u003eVienna\u003c\/strong\u003e. His death remains a bit of a mystery; his body was found in the Danube river, and while some called it an accident, others suspected foul play by a jealous rival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlovenia and the Euro (and the Tolar and the Dollar)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlovenia launched its first own currency, the tolar in October 1991 (plural \u003cstrong\u003etolarjev\u003c\/strong\u003e). \u003cstrong\u003eThe word tolar\u003c\/strong\u003e, the same as d\u003cstrong\u003eollar\u003c\/strong\u003e, is derived from the medieval coin the \u003cstrong\u003eThaler\u003c\/strong\u003e, which in turn was named after the city of \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title='\"Jáchymov\" article at Wikipedia' href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%A1chymov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJoachimsthal\u003c\/a\u003e, where they were minted, in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. 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