2011 Malta €2 Coin Issue "1849 Elections"

• Mint: Italian Mint
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: Proof/UNC
• Issue limit: 5,000/375,000
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design: Ġanni Bonnici
• Box/Capsule: Proof only/Both
• Certificate: Proof only

The Central Bank of Malta has issued the first in a series of €2 Commemorative coins to highlight milestones in Malta’s Constitutional History. The theme for this first coin is "First Elected Representatives – 1849". In that year, the Maltese islands had their first effective experience of political representation, through a process of democratic elections. On May 11, 1849, Great Britain, by Letters of Patent, granted Malta a Constitution creating a Council of Government empowered to promulgate “laws for the peace, order and good government” of the country.

The coin design shows a hand placing a vote in a ballot box symbolizing the process of democratic elections.

The €2 commemorative coin has only been issued with a low limit of 430,000 coins (375,000 uncirculated in rolls, 50,000 in the BU set and 5,000 in proof quality).