Malta 3-MILS (KM6)¶
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Obverse: Maltese honey bee
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Reverse: Denomination
- Composition
- Aluminum
- Country
- Malta
- Approx. Size
- 23mm
- Area
- Europe
- Animal Class
- Arthropods
- Species
- Maltese Honey Bee
- KM#
- 6
Malta is home to the Maltese honey bee, a sub-species of bee native to the islands.
This coin was issued from 1972 to 1981 as part of the new Republic of Malta's decimal currency (10 mils = 1 cent and 100 cents = 1 pound). In 1982, the honey bee obverse was repeated on KM#55 with a modified reverse design. 1982 is also the year Malta switched to new coinage, with 100 cents = 1 Lira.
Malta¶
- Area
- Europe
The Republic of Malta is an archipelego in the Mediterranean 93 km south of Sicily, and was first settled by stone age people around 5,200 BCE. Due to its strategic location, Malta has a long and rich history with various groups and governments ruling the islands, starting with the Greeks in 700 BCE and ending with the British Empire in 1814. Independence was achived in 1964, and the Republic was formed ten years later. Malta has three World Heritage sites, most notably the Megalithic Temples which are the oldest free-standing structures in Europe.
