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100 Euros Melita
| Issuer | Malta |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Malta, comprising a quartered shield bearing the George Cross and a representation of the Maltese national colours, surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by olive branches, is displayed centrally in the field. A ribbon scroll inscribed REPUBBLIKA TA' MALTA appears beneath the shield. The circular legend reads '€ 100 ~ 1 OZ 999.9 FINE GOLD' along the upper arc and 'MALTA' along the lower arc, with two small seahorse devices flanking the upper legend, all within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | € 100 ~ 1 OZ 999.9 FINE GOLD MALTA REPUBBLIKA TA` MALTA |
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Melita is the ancient Roman and Phoenician name for Malta, used here as a personification of the island in the tradition of allegorical national figures common to European coinage from the 18th and 19th centuries. Malta revived the figure for its modern bullion and commemorative program after joining the Eurozone in 2008, giving the series an unusual backward-looking classicism rare among contemporary euro-area issues.
The 31.1g specification places this squarely in the one-troy-ounce bullion format, though Malta's annual mintages in this series run considerably lower than major sovereign bullion programs — making accumulation across years genuinely difficult rather than merely inconvenient.