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2 Liri With security thread
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1994-2007 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | At left, the emblem of the Central Bank of Malta; at centre, a standing allegorical figure of Malta holding a rudder, symbolising the nation's sovereignty over its own destiny, flanked by doves in flight; the background carries mosaic-inspired underprint designs recalling the Roman period in Malta, with guilloche patterning and bilingual legal tender inscriptions in Maltese. |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta Din il-karta tal-flus hija valuta legali għal ŻEWĠ LIRI f`Malta u maħruġa bl-awtorità ta' l-Att ta' l-1967 tal-Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta (Translation: Central Bank of Malta, This banknote is legal tender for Two Liri in Malta and issued with the authority of the Central Bank of Malta Act of 1967) |
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Malta's 2 Liri note had an unusually long run for a denomination of its size — thirteen years in active circulation before the country's 2008 euro adoption rendered the entire lira series obsolete almost overnight. The Central Bank of Malta gave holders just one year to exchange lira banknotes at face value, after which the notes became non-convertible, a relatively short redemption window compared to neighbouring eurozone entrants.
Thomas De La Rue's security thread integration on this series was a mid-run upgrade, retrofitted to address counterfeiting concerns that had emerged with earlier P#45 printings lacking the feature.