Malta 1978 2 mils

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 1972 and 1976-81 at the Franklin mint. 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: 5,252 specimens for sets plus 3,244 proofs.

Specification: 0.95 g, aluminum, 20.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 5.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1976 2 cents
• 1976 5 cents
• 1976 10 cents
• 1977 cent
• 1977 2 cents
• 1978 3 mils
• 1978 5 mils
• 1978 25 cents
• 1981 5 pounds, UNICEF
• 1982 2 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• 1982 3 mils, 10th anniversary of decimalization
• Coins and currency dated 1978
• return to coins of Malta