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Malta
The edge lettering on the Maltese 2‐Euro‐commemorative coins is : Different embossings are noted in the individual description.
Image	Country		Feature	Ref.
		Malta	Heroes of the Pandamic	20001 20002
	Description : In the wake of the respiratory syndromes caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 coronaviruses, the World Health Organisation declared COVID‐19 a global pandemic on the 11th of March 2020. In Malta, too, the health system reached its limits in caring for the sick. Nurse Diane Faenza took a photo of her colleagues Doreen Zammit and Charmaine Cauchi in the intensive care unit of Mater Dei Hospital in Msida, lying exhausted in each other's arms. Maria Anna Frisone used this photo as a model for her coin design, which pays tribute to the heroes of the pandemic. At the top, the reason for the issue is written in English: "HEROES OF THE PANDEMIC", and at the bottom, "MALTA ‐ 2021" indicates the country and year of issue. The ligatured initials "MAF" of the designer are shown on the right. The coin was made by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, with a cornucopia as their mint mark on the left. Below it is the square mintmaster's logo of the French chief engraver Joaquin Jimenez.

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Text taken from German Wikipedia and translated by DeepL
20003	Images taken temporally from the Internet	20004	Not Applicable