5 Euro Cent Specimen

Beschrijving voorzijde	At centre, the Maltese coat of arms featuring a heraldic shield bearing the eight-pointed Maltese Cross, framed by ornate scrollwork cartouche. A ring of twelve five-pointed stars encircles the central device within an inner circle. The national name MALTA appears as a legend along the lower rim in incuse Latin lettering.
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Aanvullende informatie	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.