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2 Euros Specimen
| Issuer | Malta |
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| Year | 2003-2004 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring |
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| Obverse description | The brass centre features a right-facing draped bust of Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail including a bearded visage and armoured shoulders. The date 2004 appears in the field below the portrait, with the engraver's initials VL. and the mint mark G also present. The legend JEAN PARISOT DE LA VALETTE arcs above the portrait within the brass centre. The copper-nickel outer ring bears the multilingual trial inscription PRUEBA TRIAL ESSAI PROBE distributed around the periphery, interspersed with Maltese cross devices, with MALTA inscribed at the base of the ring. |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre displays a large numeral 2 occupying the right portion of the field, with a seated allegorical female figure rendered in classical style to the left, draped in flowing robes and positioned in a contemplative pose. Fine radiating lines extend across the brass centre in the background. The word SPECIMEN appears in a cartouche at the base of the brass centre. The copper-nickel outer ring features twelve stars arranged around the full circumference, referencing the standard European Union coinage design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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