Malta 50 cents 1986 - Tulliera

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 50 cents coin shows a flowering stem of tulliera, a plant of the rocky coasts of Malta (Chiliadenus bocconei). Both sides were engraved by the Maltese Noel Galea Bason. This 1986 coin had a mintage of 2,086,000, plus 10,000 proofs.