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5 Euros Knights of the Past
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | Noel Galea Bason |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic scene of a mounted knight in full polished plate armor charging on horseback, lance couched and directed forward in a jousting posture, rendered in bold high relief against a finely detailed background. A second mounted knight is depicted in the mid-ground, also armed with a lance, suggesting an imminent tournament encounter. In the background, the facade of a historic Maltese fortified building is visible, adding historical and geographic context to the composition. The curved legend KNIGHTS OF THE PAST arcs across the upper portion of the field in raised letters flanked by decorative dots, while the denomination 5 EURO appears at the right in two lines. The engraver's initials MF are visible in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Malta's "Knights of the Past" issue belongs to a collector series revisiting the island's time under the Order of St. John, which held Malta from 1530 until Napoleon's largely bloodless seizure in 1798. The Order transformed the island from a near-depopulated strategic outpost into a fortified city-state, funding construction that still defines Valletta's skyline. That 268-year tenure left an administrative and architectural imprint deeper than almost any comparably brief European occupation.
The Central Bank issued this in .999 fine silver — fractionally purer than the more common .925 standard — a specification increasingly favored for Maltese collector issues from this period.