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Maltese euro coins
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Maltese euro coins have been fully designed as of January 2007.
Malta has been a member of the European Union since May 2004, and is a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union but has not completed the third stage of the EMU and therefore still uses its own currency, the Maltese lira.
Malta plans to adopt the Euro as its official currency on 1 January 2008.
The Maltese euro coins will have three different designs: one design for the 1 euro and the 2 euro coins, another design for the 50, 20 and 10 euro cent coins and another design for the 5, 2 and 1 euro cent coins. The selection of the designs of the coins has been decided by public consultation in two rounds.
The winning designs are[1]
 1st place: |
 2nd place: |
 3rd place: |
The Maltese Cross will be used for the 1 and 2 euro coins, the Maltese emblem for the 50, 20 and 10 cent coins and the temple for the 5, 2 and 1 cent coins.[2]
The first round of the consultation process started on January 14, 2006 and ended on January 29, 2006. During this period the Maltese public could participate in the process by choosing the preferred theme to appear on the national side of the euro coins. 12 options were presented, divided into four themes, each theme capturing a specific aspect of Malta's national heritage. The four themes included images of prehistoric Malta, images of renaissance Malta, images of the Maltese archipelago and images of the Maltese identity. Three different options were being presented for each theme. The winning three design of the first round were the Baptism of Jesus, the Maltese coat of arms and the Mnajdra temples.
During the second phase, running from 29 May until 9 June 2006, the public was asked to choose the actual designs for the euro coins from the three motifs chosen in January and the Maltese cross; in the end, the Maltese cross got the most votes, followed by the coat of arms and the Mnajdra Temples. The Baptism of Christ came fourth and will not be depicted on the coins.[3][4]
The Central Bank of Malta released the final designs of the euro coins on 19 February 2007.
For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see Euro coins.
| € 0.01 | € 0.02 | € 0.05 |
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| Mnajdra temple | ||
| € 0.10 | € 0.20 | € 0.50 |
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| Malta Coat of arms | ||
| € 1.00 | € 2.00 | |
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| The Maltese Cross | ||
- ^ www.mfin.gov.mt (Maltese)
- ^ www.centralbankmalta.com
- ^ maltamedia.com
- ^ mfin.gov.mt (Maltese)
- Website of the Maltese ministry of Finance on euro change-over
- The Euro- National Euro Coin Design- Malta
