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| 正面描述 | 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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| 边缘 | Plain |
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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.