| Description : Themistocles Żammit (1864‐1935, Maltese physician,
bacteriologist, professor of chemistry, writer, historian and archaeologist) began in 1923 with the excavation of this
Neolithic megalithic site in Mġarr, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 as part of the Megalithic
Temples of Malta. Shown here is the entrance to the cloverleaf‐like southern temple Ta' Ħaġrats, built
between 3600‐3200 BC, with three wide steps in front of the portal, which is covered by an imposing lintel. The
northern temple was built around 3300‐3000 BC. At the top there are three lines "TA' ĦAĠRAT
TEMPLES 3600‐3000 BC", below two lines "MALTA 2019". The coin was designed by Noel Galea Bason, whose
initials "NGB" appear on the right. It was minted without a mint mark by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac;
in Coincard's 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 bear an "F" (for France) in the 6 o'clock star, as do
some of the coins issued in rolls. |
