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| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | Lira (1972-2007) |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter facing bust of Giovanni Francesco Abela, the 17th-century Maltese historian and Knight of the Order of Saint John, is depicted in the center of the field, rendered in a naturalistic baroque style with short hair and a pointed beard. The legend GIOV. FRANCESCO ABELA arcs along the upper rim. To the lower left of the portrait, the denomination LM2 and the date 1974 are inscribed, while the subject's birth and death years 1582 and 1655 appear to the lower right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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