MALTA 

KM 95

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
5 cents 20.0 3.51   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse

Title of state and the year of minting along the rim. In the center - coat of arms (from 1988).

Image of Freshwater crab, below - face value.

The Maltese freshwater crab (Qabru) is endemic to certain areas within the Maltese Islands. This subspecies of crab is very rare and its numbers have been decreasing in recent years.