2 Euro Commemorative coins Malta 2009

Ten years of Economic and Monetary Union

On the Obverse, the centre of the coin features a design representing a stylised figure merging with the Euro symbol. The subject was chosen through an online competition in which citizens of the European Union participated. At the top is the arched inscription "MALTA", at the bottom, also in an arc, the inscription "UEM 1999-2009". Above the inscription, towards the right, the author's signature. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union, to the right and left of the bottom star respectively are the mintmark and the mintmaster's symbol. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with six "2" in incuse (repeated alternately from bottom to top and vice versa) and twelve Maltese crosses.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).