| Description : The coin, designed by Noel Galea Bason, shows the
south‐eastern interior view of the Neolithic western temple of Skorba ‐ built around 3600‐3000 BC ‐
and the female terracotta sculpture created around 4400‐4100 BC, which resembles Cycladic idols and was found
during the excavations there in a deeper settlement layer. The temple complex at Mġarr, together with the temples of
Ta' Ħaġrat, only 1 km away, and four other places of worship, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in 1992 as part of the megalithic temples of Malta. The inscription on the coin reads "SKORBA TEMPLES 3600‐2500 BC"
and "Malta 2020". The signet "NGB" of the designer is on the right. 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. Specimens in circulation
coin sets bear an "F" (for France) in the 6 o'clock star. |
