Catalog
9 Tari - Festing
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.