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20 Liri Gozo Boat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | MALTA |
| Reverse description | A traditional Gozitan dgħajsa sailing vessel is depicted in left profile, under full sail on a stylized sea, with a fortified coastline visible in the background. The denomination LM20 appears in the upper left field, while the date 1974 is inscribed to the upper right, both in Latin numerals and characters. |
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Malta's 1974 gold issues were struck in the immediate wake of the country's declaration as a republic on December 13, 1974 — severing the last constitutional ties to the British Crown after a decade of independence. The Gozo boat, a traditional wooden vessel known locally as the dgħajsa tal-pass, had ferried passengers across the narrow channel between Malta and Gozo for centuries and remained in active working use at the time of minting.
KM#27 was produced in limited numbers as part of a multi-denomination commemorative gold set marking the new republic, with striking contracted to the British Royal Mint.