20th Anniversary Malta - EEC

The Association Agreement signed on the 5th December 1970 was the first formal link with the European Community since Malta became independent in 1964. The main objective of the Agreement was to consolidate and extend the economic and commercial relationship that existed between the European Community and Malta. The ties between the Community and Malta continued to grow over the years. To coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the original Association Agreement in 1970 and to commemorate the event, the Central Bank of Malta, in 1990 issued a Silver Coin in proof version. The coins were struck at the Royal Mint of the UK. The obverse contains the Coat of Arms of Malta from a model by the Maltese artist, Mr Noel Galea Bason. The reverse which is the work of a well known artist Mr J Bonnici depicts a symbolic composition of the flags of Malta and that of the European Community flying over the Maltese islands, against the background of the geographic outline of the currently enlarged Community.

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