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[[Image:CNG Triton 28-6425.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Triton XXVIII, lot 6425]]

This specimen was lot 6425 in CNG Triton XXVIII (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $336.87. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Angelo de Mojana di Cologna. Grandmaster, 1962-1988. Proof AV 5 Scudi. Dated 1965. Facing bust / St. John the Baptist standing right, presenting banner to grandmaster kneeling left. Proof. From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (22 August 1984), lot 838 (part of)." 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. This issue of 1965-66 is accompanied by a [[Malta 1965 10 scudi|ten scudi]], also gold.

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000.

''Specification:'' 4 g, 0.920 fine gold, this specimen 21 mm diameter, 3.98 g, 6 hr axis.

''Catalog reference:'' KM X15; Friedberg 8.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, ''Triton XXVIII,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2024.

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* Order of [[Malta 1963 5 scudi]]
* Order of [[Malta 1963 10 scudi]]
* Order of [[Malta 1965 10 scudi]]
* Order of [[Malta 1966 10 scudi]]
* Order of [[Malta 1966 5 scudi]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1965]]

[[Category:Selections from CNG sale Triton XXVIII]]

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 * 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.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, ''Triton XXVIII,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2024.
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 * Order of [[Malta 1963 5 scudi]]
 * Order of [[Malta 1963 10 scudi]]
 * Order of [[Malta 1965 10 scudi]]
 * Order of [[Malta 1966 10 scudi]]

Malta 1965 5 scudi - Revision history

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