The Central Bank of Malta will tomorrow be issuing a €2 commemorative coin under a new From Children in Solidarity programme, with the first theme being ‘Solidarity through love’. This is an initiative between the bank, the Ministry for Education and Employment and the Malta Community Chest Fund.

The Malta Community Chest Fund is a charitable foundation under the auspices of the President, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, promoting various activities and initiatives undertaken with the aim of helping individuals with various needs.

Officially launched on June 5, 2015 by the President and the Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, this social responsibility coin programme involved a coin design competition open to all secondary school students. From the designs submitted, five were selected by an adjudicating panel.

The winning design was subsequently selected through a voting process, open to all secondary school students. Schools encouraged students to take part in this voting exercise as this was seen as a way of promoting a sense of responsible citizenship from an early age.

The coin reverse shows the common €2 side, while the obverse (national side) shows two hands forming a heart shape, framing a representation of the Maltese flag. The coin obverse engraved by Noel Galea Bason bears a representation of the winning design created by Sarah Cilia, a secondary school student.

These commemorative coins will be issued in circulation quality in rolls of 25 coins each as well as in coin cards. The coins in the cards, of which only 30,000 will be made, will bear a mint-mark of the Monnaie de Paris, where the coins were minted. The cost of a roll of 25 coins is €70, while that of a coin card is €7. The profits from the sale of the coin cards will be channelled in aid of the MCCF Foundation.

The coins may be purchased directly from the Malta Coins Distribution Centre’s online e-shop facility https://www.centralbankmalta.org/en/products.

For more information, contact the Malta Coins Distribution Centre via e-mail on mcdc@centralbankmalta.org or by calling 2550 6006/7.

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