Malta

Commemorative coin

2011

First elected representatives 1849

(Part of the National series " Constitutional History ")

Official Journal of the European Union

The centre of the coin shows a hand putting a vote into a ballot box. At the bottom, the year ‘2011’. At the top, extending to the right along the inner ring, the words ‘Malta — First elected representatives 1849’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The first issue of the five-part coin series on constitutional history shows a hand throwing a ballot paper into a ballot box. In the First Peace of Paris in 1814, Malta was awarded to Great Britain and thus became a British colony. The coin depicts the 1849 elections, in which the first Maltese members of the Government Council were voted. This body advised the British Governor of Malta.

Edge lettering

Designer