The Central Bank of Malta has published its 2012 Coin Programme listing the new coins to be issued this year.
Coins which have already been issued are also referred to in the programme. Details are as follows:
Malta 2012 €2 10 years of Euro Commemorative Coin
In May 2011, Euro area citizens were invited to submit designs for €2 10 years of euro Commemorative Coin. A professional jury selected five from more than 800 designs. The short-listed designs were then placed online, open to all euro area citizens, for a public vote in June 2011. Close to 35,000 participated in the vote. The winning design, receiving 34% of the votes, was created by Mr Helmut Andexlinger, a professional designer at the Austrian Mint. The design symbolises the way in which the euro has become a truly global player in the last ten years and shows its importance in ordinary people's lives (represented by the people in the design), trade (the ship), industry (the factory) and energy (wind power stations). This is the third time that all euro area countries will issue a euro coin with a common design on the national side. The first was the commemorative €2 coin issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in 2007 and the second, in 2009, commemorated ten years of Economic and Monetary union and the creation of the euro as a unit of account.
€2 Commemorative Coin dated 2012 in roll x 25 coins
Selling price including VAT: €80
Maximum issue limit: 500,000
Engraver/Designer: obverse Helmut Andexlinger; reverse Luc Luycx
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
Malta 2012 Antonio Sciortino gold and silver coins
The Central Bank of Malta will issue a numismatic coin as part of the Europa Programme 2012 “European Artist” during March 2012. This coin, which will be available in gold and silver versions, commemorates Antonio Sciortino (1879 – 1947), a Maltese sculptor. He studied at L’Istituto Reale di Belle Arti in Rome and spent much of his life there, eventually becoming Director of the British Academy of Arts. He was initially influenced by Rodin, with his best works revealing this. Sciortino's favourite medium was bronze, which he used with great sensitivity. The coin depicts “Les Gavroches” (Street Urchins), Sciortino’s 1904 masterpiece based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel “Les Miserables”, a book that was banned by the Catholic Church at the time Sciortino completed this bronze statue. A bozzetto model of the statue was presented to Princess Elizabeth in 1951 and still forms part of the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. The bronze statue was placed at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta. Following restoration in 2003, it was moved to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta and a replica was placed where it had stood originally at the Upper Barrakka Gardens.
Face value: €10
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 28.28 grms
Alloy: 0.925 silver
Quality: Proof
Selling price including VAT: €53
Maximum issue limit: 10,000
Engraver/Designer: Royal Dutch Mint
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
Face Value: €50
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 6.50 grms
Alloy: 0.916 gold
Quality: Proof
Selling price including VAT: €346
Maximum issue limit: 2,000
Engraver/Designer: Royal Dutch Mint
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
Other coin in the programme:
- A collector's medal featuring the Grand Master Jean Parisot de La Valette and St. John's Co-Cathedral. This medal is part of a presentation pack, which includes a DVD on renowned historical sites in Malta issued by the Malta Tourism Authority, on sale from May;
- A Euro Coin Set dated 2012 consisting of the eight Maltese euro circulation coins, a €2 commemorative coin, which is the second in a series of five coins featuring milestones from Malta's constitutional history (see below) and a replica coin of the Roman period, on sale from June;
- A €2 commemorative coin relating to Malta's constitutional history bearing the inscription "Majority Representation – 1887" to be issued both in proof quality as well as in rolls of 25 coins each, on sale from September.
The 2012 MCDC programme, order forms and terms and conditions are available from the bank's web site. www.centralbankmalta.org. Subject to availability of stock, collectors/general public will be guaranteed one item from each product.
