Malta 1972 50 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Malta was granted independence by Great Britain in 1964. Coinage was not inaugurated until 1972, when the republic was inaugurated. This type was struck 1972, 1976-81 altho only the 1972 was struck for circulation. The obverse features the Great Seige Monument, when the island withstood Turkish attack in 1565. In 1982, one Maltese pound = US$2.45. Malta has since joined the EU and adopted the euro, rendering the Maltese pound obsolete.

Recorded mintage: 5,500,000 plus 13,000 proofs.

Specification: 13.6 g, copper-nickel, 32.95 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 12.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1972 5 mils
• 1972 10 cents
• 1972 gold 5 pounds
• 1972 gold 10 pounds
• 1972 gold 20 pounds
• 1972 gold 50 pounds
• 1975 25 cents
• 1976 5 cents
• 1977 cent
• 1977 2 cents
• 1981 5 pounds, UNICEF
• 1982 2 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• 1982 3 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• Coins and currency dated 1972
• return to coins of Malta