Malta 1978 25 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. The obverse features a bust of Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons. This type was struck 1976-81 by the Franklin Mint, superseding a brass coin with the same design. 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: 552 specimens for sets plus 3,244 proofs.

Specification: 10.55 g, copper-nickel, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 29b.

Source:

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

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• 1975 25 cents
• 1976 2 mils
• 1976 3 mils
• 1976 5 mils
• 1976 2 cents
• 1976 5 cents
• 1976 10 cents
• 1977 cent
• 1977 2 cents
• 1977 100 pounds, Les Gavroches
• 1978 2 mils
• 1978 3 mils
• 1978 5 mils
• 1981 5 pounds, UNICEF
• 1982 2 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• 1982 3 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• Coins and currency dated 1978
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