Malta

Commemorative coin

2018

Cultural Heritage

(Part of the National series " The role of the «Malta Community Chest Fund» in Society -from Children in Solidarity- ")

Official Journal of the European Union

The design was created by a school student and depicts a variety of themes intrinsic to Maltese heritage including: an allusion to the prehistoric temples, which are the world’s oldest free-standing structures, a church dome and spire, which is a characteristic feature of the Maltese town and village skyline and a representation of a traditional Maltese boat carrying a Maltese flag. The name of the issuing country ‘Malta’ is at the top of the inner circle of the coin and the year ‘2018’ at the bottom. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The coin depicts a temple gate typical of the megalithic temples of Malta, with the sunlit stylised dome and the bell tower of the Carmelite Church in Valletta. Underneath it is depicted - on the waves of the Mediterranean Sea - a luzzu, a typical Maltese fishing boat, above which the flag of Malta with the St. George's Cross is flying.

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