Issued under the Central Bank of Malta's commemorative program during a period when Malta was asserting its non-aligned foreign policy under Dom Mintoff's successors, the 1985 five-lira silver belongs to a series designed to generate hard currency revenue through collector sales rather than circulation. These pieces were sold directly to international numismatic distributors and rarely, if ever, passed through Maltese commerce.
Issued under the Central Bank of Malta's commemorative program during a period when Malta was asserting its non-aligned foreign policy under Dom Mintoff's successors, the 1985 five-lira silver belongs to a series designed to generate hard currency revenue through collector sales rather than circulation. These pieces were sold directly to international numismatic distributors and rarely, if ever, passed through Maltese commerce.