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20 Euro Cents Specimen
| Issuer | Malta |
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| Year | 2003-2004 |
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| Value | 20 Euro Cents 0.20 EUR = ZAR 3.89 |
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| Obverse description | Armoured bust of Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, facing left, depicted with a beard and wearing plate armour with a Maltese cross on the breastplate. The legend JEAN PARISOT DE LA VALETTE arcs above the effigy, with the date 2004 to the lower left and the mint mark G below it. The multilingual trial inscriptions PRUEBA, TRIAL, ESSAI, and PROBE appear around the periphery, interspersed with Maltese crosses and six-pointed stars, with MALTA at the bottom of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2003 G 2004 G |
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Malta struck these specimen pieces ahead of its 2008 euro adoption, dating them to 2003–2004 to align with the period when accession negotiations were concluded. The island formally joined the EU in May 2004, and the Central Bank of Malta commissioned presentation strikes during this transitional window — before the lira was withdrawn and before the euro became legal tender. Specimens from this period were never intended for circulation and were distributed in official sets.