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| Emittent | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Jahr | 2009 |
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| Material | Silver (.925) |
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| Averslegende | FR. MATTHAEUS FESTING M.M.H.H. |
| Reversbeschreibung | Central composition depicting a scene commemorating Fra' Gerardo, founder of the Knights Hospitaller, shown within a stone archway surmounted by a Maltese cross finial. Two robed figures are portrayed in an act of charitable care or greeting, one bearing a staff and satchel. The inscription FRA' GERARDO and the date 1120 appear to the left of the archway, with the date 2010 to the right. The denomination 9 TARI' is inscribed along the lower rim. The overall design is executed in proof finish with frosted relief against a mirror field. |
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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta issues its own coinage despite controlling no physical territory — a legal anomaly rooted in its status as a sovereign subject of international law, recognized by over 100 states. Matthew Festing, Grand Master from 2008 until his forced resignation in 2017 following a bitter internal dispute with the Vatican over the Order's humanitarian operations, appears on this issue during the early years of his tenure. The 9 Tari denomination deliberately echoes the Order's historic Maltese coinage struck before Napoleon expelled the Knights from the island in 1798.