50 cents · Tulliera · evergreen plant · 1986 design
1986 design introduced · Central Bank of Malta
Tulliera · evergreen plant provides the identifying design on this 50 cents coin. It belongs to the 1986 second decimal family, whose national emblem features a luzzu. The seven-value redesign included the new circulating Lm1 coin, replacing the one-lira note. Dates and proof finishes are not counted as additional design types. Compare the emblem together with the motif when assigning a specimen to its family.

© Central Bank of Malta, 2018. The Central Bank of Malta’s First Fifty Years: A Solid Foundation for the Future, p.145. Reproduced with source acknowledgement under the publication’s p. 2 permission.
Central Bank of Malta · CBM acknowledged-source reproduction permission · Sources
Technical specifications
- Composition
- Unknown / not verified
- Weight
- Unknown / not verified
- Diameter
- Unknown / not verified
- Edge
- Unknown / not verified
- Total mintage
- Unknown / not verified
- Obverse
- Republic emblem featuring a luzzu
- Reverse
- Tulliera · evergreen plant
- Emblem
- Republic emblem featuring a luzzu
- Design
- Tulliera · evergreen plant
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
Dating and classification
Circulation design type
Sources
Checked:
- Central Bank of Malta — First Fifty Years, pp. 144–145
- Malta Numismatic Society — Decimalisation
- Central Bank of Malta — Definitive coins second series (archived official 2007 sheet)
- Central Bank of Malta 2018,pp.144–145: 1986 second-series introduction and 1991 change confined to emblem
- Central Bank of Malta 2018,p.145: explicit continuity statement and photographed 1991 examples
- Central Bank of Malta 2018,p.2: attribution-required reproduction permission
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