Issued to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the euro's introduction in Malta — the country adopted the currency on 1 January 2008, making it one of the later eurozone entrants after a decade of economic alignment work required under the convergence criteria. At €5 face value struck in copper-nickel, the piece was never intended for circulation; Malta's collector coin program routinely issues non-circulating legal tender at multiples of face value, distributed through the Central Bank directly.
Issued to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the euro's introduction in Malta — the country adopted the currency on 1 January 2008, making it one of the later eurozone entrants after a decade of economic alignment work required under the convergence criteria. At €5 face value struck in copper-nickel, the piece was never intended for circulation; Malta's collector coin program routinely issues non-circulating legal tender at multiples of face value, distributed through the Central Bank directly.