Malta 1988 5 liri

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46974

This specimen was lot 46974 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALTA. Silver 5 Pounds Piefort, 1988. PCGS SPECIMEN-69. KM-P4." The pound sterling was introduced to Malta by the British in 1825. On independence in 1972, the Maltese word "lira" (plural "liri") was adopted altho the English word "pound" continued for some years. The euro superseded the Maltese lira on January 1, 2008.

Recorded mintage: 5,000 plus 2,000 proofs plus an unknown number of pieforts.

Specification: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver. The piefort is 56.56 g.

Catalog reference: KM 87 (regular issue), KM-P4 (piefort).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1981 5 liri (pounds), UNICEF
• 1989 100 liri, 25th anniversary of independence
• 1992 5 liri (pounds), on the 400th anniversary of the university
• Coins and currency dated 1988