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5 Euro Cent Specimen
| Issuer | Malta |
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| Value | 5 Euro Cents |
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| Reverse description | The standard euro cent reverse design after Luc Luycx, featuring a relief map of Europe to the right, with a vertical line dividing the field. Twelve five-pointed stars are arranged in an arc to the left of the dividing line. The large numeral '5' is superimposed over the lower right portion of the map. The legend SPECIMEN arcs along the upper rim above the map. |
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| Reverse lettering | SPECIMEN 5 |
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Malta's euro cent coinage was struck in advance of the country's eurozone accession on 1 January 2008, following a decade-long process that included a 2003 referendum in which Maltese voters approved EU membership by roughly 54 percent. Specimen strikes were produced for collector sets before circulation issues began, a standard pre-accession practice coordinated with the ECB.
The Malta Freeport and its role as a transhipment hub gave the island an unusually strong economic argument for euro adoption, reducing currency conversion costs on trade that was already overwhelmingly denominated in euros.