Wily Malta leaves unique mark on euro coins

As Malta’s first euro coins rolled off the production lines on Friday – with images of the Maltese cross, Malta’s coat of arms and the Mnajdra Temple gracing their obverse sides – one minute and barely discernable detail of Malta’s EUR2 coin spoke volumes.

The outside edge around the circumference of the EUR2 coins, 10 million of which are being produced at the Monnaie De Paris, bears small images of the Maltese cross instead of euro stars. Under the strict European Central Bank coin design rules, euro coins have one common face while only the design of the obverse side of the coins minted by individual countries is at the individual countries’ discretion...

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