Topic: First elected representatives of 1849Date: November 28th, 2011
Country: Malta
Mintage: 430 000
Description: 1 of 5 major milestones in Malta's constitutional history.
Official Journal
This coin is the first of a series of five coins to be issued over a period of five years to commemorate major milestones in Malta's constitutional history. This first coin commemorates the election in 1849 of the first Maltese representatives to the Council of Government advising the British Governor. Malta had been a British colony since the 1814 Treaty of Paris. The centre of the coin shows a hand putting a vote into a ballot box. The words "Malta – First elected representatives 1849" are shown above.
Malta 2€ 2011 proof in a box
