| Description : The coin is dedicated to the temple complex of Ġgantija,
located on the island of Gozo in the archipelago of Malta. Formed by megalithic temples from the Neolithic Age, it is one
of the oldest free‐standing structures and one of the oldest religious buildings in the world. The temple complex was
built around 3800 BC (the northern temple depicted as a coin motif is about 200 years younger) and is therefore
older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids. At the top is "ĠGANTIJA TEMPLES" and the year "3600‐3200 BC",
right the signet "NGB" of the designer Noel Galea Bason. At the bottom left is the country of issue "MALTA" and
below it the year of issue "2016". The coin was minted without a mint mark by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in
Plessac; on Coincard specimens, the year is flanked on the left by a cornucopia as their mint mark, while on the right a
pentagon represents the mint master's mark Yves Sampos. Coin sets in circulation coin sets bear an "F" (for France)
in the 6 o'clock star. |
