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50 Liri Auberge de Castille at Valletta
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Value | 50 Pounds (50 MTL) |
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| Obverse lettering | MALTA |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Malta's 1973 gold issues were struck in the immediate aftermath of independence from Britain in 1964 and the subsequent republic declaration in December 1974 — making this piece part of a transitional series issued while Malta was still technically a constitutional monarchy under Elizabeth II. The Auberge de Castille, built by the Knights of St. John in the 16th century and later used as Grandmaster Manuel Pinto de Fonseca's residence in the 18th century, had by this point become the office of the Maltese Prime Minister.
KM#23 was struck in a limited proof issue primarily for export sale and foreign collectors, a common revenue strategy for small newly independent nations during the 1970s.