Description

The Central Bank of Malta issued a third €2 commemorative coin under a programme entitled 'From Children in Solidarity'. This is an initiative between the Central Bank of Malta, the Ministry for Education and Employment, and the Malta Community Chest Fund.

Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta, presided over a prize-giving ceremony of a coin design competition. The competition which was launched on 13 November 2017 was open to all students in secondary and higher secondary schools as well as MCAST. Participants could submit designs for three commemorative €2 coins that will be issued by the Bank. The themes for which designs were to be submitted were as follows: cultural heritage, nature and environment, and games. A total of 129 submissions were presented out of which three designs, one for each theme, were chosen by an expert panel. The winning design for the cultural heritage theme was submitted by Nicole Dimech who attends St Nicholas College, Middle School, Rabat.

There are two types of this coin:
• without mintmarks (in rolls)
• with the mintmark (Cornucopia) and director Yves Sampo's marks (Pentagon with letters AG) before and after inscription date on the obverse (BU in coincard)

Issue date: November 2018