Malta 10 cents 1986 - Lampuka

The coin's story

In 1986, Malta replaced the 1972 series of coins with a new series. The obverse bears the arms adopted by the Republic in 1975: a coastal scene with the rising sun, a luzzu, the traditional Maltese fishing boat, a shovel, a pitchfork and a prickly pear. Around it, the legend REPUBBLIKA TA' MALTA gives the name of the country in Maltese. The reverse of the 10 cents coin shows a dolphinfish, called lampuka in Malta and mahi-mahi in the Pacific, a fish of warm seas that is also caught in the Mediterranean. Struck by the Malta Mint, this 1986 coin had a mintage of 4,188,000, plus 10,000 proofs.