| Description : The coin is issued to commemorate the social significance of
the "Malta Community Chest Fund", which has created the "For Children in Solidarity" programme for secondary school pupils.
The programme focuses on the social role of children in five different areas, with the theme of "Solidarity through Love"
in 2016. The coin motif was designed by Sarah Cilia. She depicts the theme by means of two hands forming a heart in
which the flag of Malta can be seen. The right half is represented ‐ following the heraldic rules of tingierung ‐
by vertical hatching with the tincture red, and on the left the St George's Cross, symbol of St George and
the Crusades, awarded in 1942 to the entire population of Malta for their bravery during the Italian and German air raids
in World War II. The words "MALTA 2016" can be read below. Two stylised human figures are depicted on the left and
right wrists. The coin was struck without a mint mark by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac; in Coincard
specimens, the name of the state is flanked on the left by a cornucopia as their mint mark, while a pentagon on the right
of the date represents the mint master's mark Yves Sampos. |
