Depicts the coat of arms between 1975 and 1988, the new name of the Republic of Malta.

The coat of arms was adopted on 11 July 1975, seven months after Malta became a republic. It showed a coastal scene with the rising sun, a traditional Maltese boat (Luzzu), a shovel and a pitchfork, and an Opuntia. The emblem was controversial since it was not heraldic, and it was replaced by the current coat of arms soon after the Nationalists won the 1987 election. It was proposed that the 1964 coat of arms be readopted, but eventually a simplified version of it was chosen.

Depicts two boys and two girls playing hopscotch (il-passju), a traditional game drawn with nine chalked squares. The denomination with the pound symbol is placed at the top center, while the year of issue divides two logos at the bottom: on the left, the official UNICEF logo featuring the mother-and-child emblem, and on the right, the International Year of the Child (1979) logo—designed by Eric Jerichau—depicting two embracing figures surrounded by UN laurel leaves, symbolizing the bond between adult and child. A countermark “CHI” in a circle (Valcambi SA, Switzerland) appears near the girl's foot on the left, and the engraver’s initials are inscribed in small letters on the opposite side.

Designer: Noel Galea Bason