100 Liras Slovakia in the EU

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta occupies a peculiar position in international law — a sovereign entity without territory, recognized by over 100 states, issuing coins that are technically legal tender within an entity that has no land to spend them on. This 2004 piece marks Slovakia's accession to the European Union on May 1st of that year, one of ten nations admitted in the largest single expansion in EU history.

SMOM coinage is produced for collector markets and carries no practical circulation history.