Malta 1964 10 scudi
This specimen was lot 47241 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "MALTA. 10 Scudi, 1964. Angelo de Mojana di Cologna. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. From the Cookie Family Collection." The Order of Malta, originally crusading knights, ruled the island from 1566 to 1798, when they were evicted by Napoleon. After various vicissitudes, they ended up in Rome in 1834, where they remain, administering various charities. After the island of Malta obtained her independence in 1964, the Order resumed issuing coins but has never been invited back to the island. The Order lacks sovereign status and its issues are classed as fantasies but are still collected nonetheless. "ECCE·AGNVS·DEI·QVI· TOLLIT·PECCATA·MVNDI" translates as, "Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world".
Recorded mintage: 1,000.
Specifications: 8 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.2315 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM X12.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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