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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 30, July 29, 2007, Article 34 MALTA'S EURO COINS INCORPORATE MALTESE CROSS DESIGN MOTIF The Malta Independent published an article on Monday headlined "Wily Malta leaves unique mark on euro coins." Here are some excerpts: "As Malta's first euro coins rolled off the production lines on Friday – with images of the Maltese cross, Malta's coat of arms and the Mnajdra Temple gracing their obverse sides – one minute and barely discernable detail of Malta's EUR2 coin spoke volumes. "The outside edge around the circumference of the EUR2 coins, 10 million of which are being produced at the Monnaie De Paris, bears small images of the Maltese cross instead of euro stars. Under the strict European Central Bank coin design rules, euro coins have one common face while only the design of the obverse side of the coins minted by individual countries is at the individual countries' discretion. "Wily Malta, however, found another way to leave Malta's unique stamp on Europe's coinage, by replacing the euro stars on the coins' outside edge with a succession of Maltese crosses – the only country to have deviated from the norms in this respect. "The otherwise discerning ECB specifications had only stipulated that stars could be placed on the outside edge, without furnishing the exact specifications of the stars themselves." To read the complete article, see: Full Story Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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