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2 Liri Ta'l-Imdina Gate
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse lettering | MALTA |
| Reverse description | A detailed frontal view of the Mdina Gate (Il-Bieb Ta'l-Imdina), the ornate Baroque entrance to the ancient walled city of Mdina, rendered in fine relief with its characteristic arched portal, rusticated stonework, and decorative upper pediment. The mint mark and denomination numeral 2 appear to the lower left and right of the gate respectively, while the year of issue 1973 is inscribed in the exergue. The curved legend IL-BIEB TA'L-IMDINA arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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Malta's 1973 silver issues were part of the Central Bank's early commemorative program following independence from Britain in 1964 and the declaration of a republic in December 1974 — making this piece a product of the transitional period between the two constitutional moments. The Mdina Gate series drew on the island's pre-modern fortified capital, stripped of its administrative role by the Knights of St. John in the late 16th century when Valletta was built to replace it.
The .987 fineness is notably purer than the .925 standard common to most contemporary European silver issues.