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* [[Coins and currency dated 1976]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1976]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:23, 1 December 2025
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 1972, 1976-82. 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: 1,000,000 plus 2,500 specimens for sets plus proofs.
Specification: 2.25 g, copper-nickel, 17.75 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 9.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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