2018 MALTA €2 commemorative coin dedicated to MNAJDRA temples
- January 18, 2018
- by
- Pierre
Since 2016 Malta strikes a series of seven €2 commemorative coins devoted to its prehistoric heritage. The first issued coin represents Ġgantija Temples (Temples of the Giants), built during fourth millennium AD, the Bronze Age, on the Gozo island. Then a coin dedicated to the Ħaġar Qim temples, close to the town of Qrendi, above cliffs in the south of Malta was struck in 2017. In 2018, the Malta Currency emits a coin on the temples of Mnajdra, megalithic temples, Built at the 4th millenium AD and located on the southern part of the island. Mnajdra is one of the oldest religious sites on Earth.
€2 2017 – 405 000 ex
€2 2016 – 350 000 ex
This series of €2 commemorative coins will be struck until 2022, with the following topics:
2019: Ta’ Ħaġrat – prehistoric site 4,100 years old
2020: Skorba – prehistoric temple geographically very close to the precedent one millenium older
2021: Tarxien – the most well known temple, built, according to the legend, by the Phoenicians
2022: Ħal-Saflieni – underground construction gathering about fifty rooms, of 4th at the 2rd millenium AD
Sources: central bank malta, Numismag©
