Catalog
5 Liri Millennium
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta Din il-karta tal-flus hija valuta legali għal ĦAMES LIRI f`Malta u maħruġa bl-awtorità ta' l-Att ta' l-1967 tal-Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta (Translation: Central Bank of Malta This banknote is legal tender for Five Liri in Malta and issued with the authority of the Central Bank of Malta Act of 1967) |
| Reverse description | The Torri ta' l-Istandard (Flag Tower) of Mdina occupies the central vignette, rendered against a light guilloche underprint in cool blue and grey tones. An excerpt from the Declaration of the Rights of the People of 1802, in Italian, is inscribed at upper left, with the Maltese translation of the source citation below. The date MID-DIKJARAZZJONI TAD-DRITTIJIET 15 TA' ĠUNJU 1802 appears at lower left. |
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Malta's millennial 5 Liri was the last commemorative issue before the lira series was eventually retired following eurozone accession in 2008. Thomas De La Rue printed the note in London, as they had handled Maltese currency production for much of the post-independence period — a relationship rooted in the colonial-era Government of Malta notes rather than the Central Bank's later establishment in 1968.
Pick 50 is not especially scarce in uncirculated condition, as many were set aside at issue. Finding genuinely circulated examples with honest wear is, oddly, the harder task.