Since introducing its own currency in 1972 Malta has issued a number of commemorative coins.
The Jean De La Valette commemorative coins issued in 2007 were the last commemorative coins to be denominated in the Maltese lira as Malta joined the eurozone on 1 January 2008.
Most of the commemorative coins issued by Malta were struck in gold or silver and sometimes in Copper and Nickel alloys.
The 1975 coins were minted twice, with different coats of arms on the reverse.
Malta joined the European Union on 1 May 2004, to commemorate this, Malta issued a gold commemorative coin with a face value of Lm 25 These were the last Maltese commemorative coins of the Maltese lira [3]