1972 MALTA DECIMAL COIN SET PROOF COPPER NICKEL

Struck by: Royal Mint, UK

Mintage: 8000

Designer: Royal Mint, UK

Engraver: Christopher Ironside

Set contains 8 Proof coins:

1. Obverse: Maltese Cross flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 2 mils - scallop-shaped rim, plain edge. Composition: Aluminium. Weight: 0.95g Diameter: 19mm Introduced: 16th May, 1972

2. Obverse: Bee on a honeycomb. Reverse: 3 mils - scallop-shaped rim, plain edge. Composition: Aluminium. Weight: 1.45g Diameter: 22mm Introduced: 16th May, 1972

3. Obverse: Earthen oil lamp flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 5 mils - scallop-shaped rim, plain edge. Composition: Aluminium. Weight: 2.41g Diameter: 25mm Introduced: 16th May, 1972

4. Obverse: George Cross flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 1 cent - plain edge. Composition: Bronze. Weight: 7.13g Diameter: 25mm Introduced: 16th May, 1972

5. Obverse: Penthesilea, Classical head of 'Malta' flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 2 cents - reeded edge. Composition: Cupro-nickel. Weight: 2.26g Diameter: 16mm Introduced: 16th May, 1972

6. Obverse: Ritual altar in the Tample of Hagar Qim flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 5 cents - reeded edge. Composition: Cupro-nickel. Weight: 5.65g Diameter: 23mm Introduced: 28th March, 1972

7. Obverse: Galley of the Grandmaster flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 10 cents - reeded edge. Composition: Cupro-nickel. Weight: 11.31g Diameter: 27mm Introduced: 28th March, 1972

8. Obverse: Great Siege monument flanked by dolphins. Reverse: 50 cents - plain edge. Composition: Cupro-nickel. Weight: 13.6g Diameter: 31mm Introduced: 22nd April, 1972