Obverse. Without mintmark. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 2 Euro 2015, KM# 168, Malta, 100th Anniversary of First Flight from Malta, Without mintmark
  • 2 Euro 2015, KM# 168, Malta, 100th Anniversary of First Flight from Malta
  • 2 Euro 2015, KM# 168, Malta, 100th Anniversary of First Flight from Malta, With mintmark (Mercury's wand)
  • 2 Euro 2015, KM# 168, Malta, 100th Anniversary of First Flight from Malta, Coincard
Description

The coin commemorates an important milestone in Maltese aviation history — the 100 years since the first flight from Malta. It was on 13 February 1915 that Captain Kilmer took off from the Grand Harbour on a seaplane that was carried by HMS Ark Royal. The plane landed in the harbour after a 55-minute flight.


There are two types of this coin:
• without mint mark (in rolls)
• with the Mercury's wand mint mark of the Royal Dutch Mint between the stars at the 5h and 6h position of the obverse (UNC in coincard)

Obverse

Depicts Captain Kilmer’s seaplane with Senglea Point, a prominent feature in the Grand Harbour, in the background. At the top the inscription ‘FIRST FLIGHT FROM MALTA’ in a semi-circle. At the right the years ‘1915-2015’. At the bottom left the inscription ‘100TH ANNIVERSARY’ and at the bottom the initials of the designer ‘NGB’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Engraver: Noel Galea Bason

FIRST FLIGHT FROM MALTA 1915 - 2015
100TH
ANNIVERSARY
NGB

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2✠✠" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ✠✠ 2 ✠✠ 2 ✠✠ 2 ✠✠ 2 ✠✠ 2 ✠✠

2 Euro

100th Anniversary of First Flight from Malta

KM# 168
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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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