Euro gold and silver commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone, mainly in gold and silver, although other metals are also used on rare occasions. Malta introduced the euro (€) on 1 January 2008. In a short time, the Central Bank of Malta has been producing both normal issues of Maltese euro coins, which are intended for circulation, and commemorative euro coins in gold and silver.

These special coins have a legal tender only in Malta, unlike the normal issues of the Maltese euro coins, which have a legal tender in every country of the Eurozone. This means that the commemorative coins made of gold and silver cannot be used as money in other countries. Furthermore, as their bullion value generally vastly exceeds their face value, these coins are not intended to be used as means of payment at all—although it remains possible. For this reason, they are usually named Collectors' coins.

The coins usually commemorate the anniversaries of historical events or draw attention to current events of special importance to Malta.

Summary

The following table shows the number of coins minted per year. In the first section, the coins are grouped by the metal used, while in the second section they are grouped by their face value.

Year Issues   By metal   By face value gold silver others €100 €50 €15 €10Malta: Silver 10 euro coins. €5 2008 2 2009 2 2010 2 2011 2 2012 2 2013 7 2014 9 2015 8 2016 5 2017 5 2018 6 2019 4 2020 3 Total 57 22 33 2 1 13 3 33 7

2008 Coinage

Auberge de Castille Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 18,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 26 August 2008 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €38 Market Value: €46–€54 Auberge de Castille Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 3,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 26 August 2008 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €185 Market Value: €290–€390 In August 2008, Malta issued its first commemorative coins denominated in euro, in both silver and gold. These coins make part of the Europa Coin Program. The theme for the year 2008 is Cultural Heritage. Both coins feature the Auberge de Castille.

On the reverse the Portico of the Auberge de Castille is shown. The stately doorway to the Auberge of Castille, Leon and Portugal is a symbol of the seat of government in Malta as the Auberge now houses the Prime Minister's office. This is the largest of all auberges at the time of the Knights (1530–1798). The building is situated at the highest point of Valletta and was built in 1574.

On the obverse the Coat of Arms of Malta is displayed. Malta's Coat of Arms is a heraldic representation of the National flag of Malta. Above the shield is a mural crown representing the fortifications of Malta and denoting a City-state. Around the shield is a wreath of two branches, of Olive and Palm, symbols of peace and traditionally associated with Malta.

2009 Coinage

Castellania Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 15,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 22 June 2009 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €38

Market Value: Castellania Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 3,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 22 June 2009 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €200

Market Value:Architecturally, the Castellania is one of the most striking buildings in Merchants Street in Valletta. The present building is the result of a reconstruction, started in 1748 by Grand Master Emanuel Pinto, a fact ostentatiously evidenced by the eighteen crescents (sixteen around the doorway and two on the door) symbolically shown on the ornate central element of the façade, the crescent being a heraldic component of that Portuguese Grand Master's coat-of-arms. The Castellania served to house the Civil and Criminal Tribunals of the Order and also provided accommodation for the Castellano. Since 1895, this building has housed the Medical and Public Health Head Office.

The obverse of the coins shows the Emblem of Malta with the year of issue 2009. The reverse depicts the Castellania. The 'Europa Star', which is the official logo of the programme, is also shown on the reverse side of the coins.

2010 Coinage

Auberge d'Italie Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 12,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2010 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €44

Market Value: Auberge d'Italie Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 3,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2010 Diameter: Weight: Issue price: €269

Market Value: Auberge d'Italie was built in the 16th century to house Italian knights of the Order of St. John. It was refurbished and renovated a number of times, and its façade was rebuilt the 1680s, during the magistracy of Gregorio Carafa. After the Order was expelled from Malta in 1798, the auberge was used by the French and British militaries. In the 20th century, it housed a museum, a school, a courthouse, a post office and a number of government offices. Since 2002, it has housed the Ministry of Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority.

The obverse of the coins show the Emblem of Malta with the year of issue 2010. The reverse shows the centrepiece of the auberge's façade, including a bust of Carafa. The 'Europa Star', which is the official logo of the programme, is also shown on the reverse side of the coins.

2011 Coinage

Phoenician Explorers Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 10,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2011 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Phoenician Explorers Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 2,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2011 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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2012 Coinage

Antonio Sciortino Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 10,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2012 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Antonio Sciortino Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 2,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2012 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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2013 Coinage

Dun Karm Psaila Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 10,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Dun Karm Psaila Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 2,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Grand Master Emmanuel Pinto Designer: Luc Luycx Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 2,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: The Picciolo Designer: Royal Dutch Mint Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €5 Alloy: Au 585 (Gold) Quantity: 10,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge de Provence Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge de Provence Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Sir Paul Boffa Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2013 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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2014 Coinage

Maestro Charles Camilleri Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Maestro Charles Camilleri Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 1,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: The Zecchino Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €5 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 10,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: First World War centenary Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €5 Alloy: Brass Quantity: 200,000 Quality: Circulation Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: First World War centenary Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge d'Aragon Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge d'Aragon Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €15 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 1,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Malta Independence 50th Anniversary Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: 40th Anniversary of the Republic of Malta Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2014 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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2015 Coinage

400th Anniversary of the Wignacourt Aqueduct Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Bush-Gorbachev Malta Summit Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Bush-Gorbachev Malta Summit Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 1,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Pope John Paul II Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €5 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge de Bavière Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Auberge de Bavière Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Belgian Mint Face Value: €15 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 1,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: 450th Anniversary of the Great Siege of Malta Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 5,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: One-third farthing Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €5 Alloy: Au 999 (Gold) Quantity: 2,500 Quality: Proof Issued: 2015 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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2016 Coinage

Antonio Sciortino Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 3,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2016 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: Antonio Sciortino Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €50 Alloy: Au 916 (Gold) Quantity: 1,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2016 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

Market Value: 450th anniversary of the foundation of Valletta Designer: Noel Galea Bason Mint: Royal Dutch Mint Face Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) Quantity: 3,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2016 Diameter: Weight: Issue price:

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