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10 Lira The Xprunara
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Lira (1972-2007) |
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| Obverse description | The Maltese national arms are displayed centrally in the field, comprising a quartered shield bearing the George Cross and the traditional white-and-red bipartite design, surmounted by a mural crown. The shield is supported on either side by olive and palm branches tied at the base with a ribbon. The country name MALTA arcs along the upper legend in widely spaced letters, while the date 2002 appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Xprunara is a traditional Maltese fishing vessel, and this issue belongs to a long-running Central Bank of Malta gold series documenting indigenous watercraft — one of the more quietly consistent numismatic programs of the early 2000s. Malta's fishing culture predates the Knights of St. John by centuries, and these small-denomination gold pieces were never intended for circulation, produced in limited proof quantities for the collector market.
KM#119 is among the harder dates to source cleanly in the series.