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10 Euro 40th anniversary of the Republic of Malta
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the colorized coat of arms of Malta at center, comprising a vertically divided shield in white and red bearing a representation of the George Cross at upper left, surmounted by a mural crown depicting battlements, and flanked by two laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon bearing the legend REPUBBLIKA TA' MALTA in the exergue. The entire central design is set against a polished black field. A border of twelve raised five-pointed stars encircles the design in the manner of the European Union coin standard, with the country name MALTA at left and the date 2014 at right, both rendered in large raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | MALTA 2014 REPUBBLIKA TA' MALTA |
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Malta became a republic on December 13, 1974, severing its last constitutional ties to the British Crown without a referendum — the change was pushed through parliament by Dom Mintoff's Labour government in a single sitting. The transition was contentious enough that the opposition Nationalist Party boycotted the vote entirely.
By 2014, Malta had been an EU member for a decade and had adopted the euro for six years, making this silver commemorative an exercise in looking backward at a rupture that still divides Maltese political memory.