A 2013 Maltese €2 is listed at €1,500

Diario de Navarra (Ana Mª Esparza Aós, 7 September 2026) returns to the commemorative €2 coins struck since 2004. This time the focus is Malta: from 1 January 2008 the euro replaced the Maltese lira. In 18 years, the note says, the country has issued 21 commemorative €2 coins. A 2013 piece — “MALTA — Self-government 1921” — appears on selling platforms at €1,500.

The 1921 constitution

The coin marks the Amery-Milner Constitution of 1921, drafted after the 1919 riots over the cost of living. The British text gave Malta its first self-government: the Maltese ran internal affairs; London kept defence and foreign policy. It belongs to Malta’s constitutional-history series.

The Official Journal of the European Union (opens in a new tab) (2013/C 379/09) describes the national side: a map of the Maltese islands and a representation of the population; at the bottom, 2013; at the top, in a semicircle, “MALTA — Self-government 1921”; on the ring, the twelve stars. Diario de Navarra credits the engraving to Ġanni Bonnici. It is bimetallic: 8.5 g, 25.75 mm, and 2.2 mm thick. The edge, the same note says, carries six “2”s and twelve Maltese crosses.

Mintage and the Utrecht caduceus

The Official Journal and the ECB put 500,000 coins into circulation, issued in October 2013. Diario de Navarra adds 35,000 brilliant uncirculated pieces for a case — a variety with the Utrecht mint mark, a caduceus — and 7,500 proof. We do not publish here a circulation total other than the Official Journal’s figure.

Asking prices and what is on offer

The note places an uncirculated example at about €5 and, in a specialist shop, under €10. The proof is harder to find: someone is offering it on Wallapop for about €45. The €1,500 is a seller’s asking price, not the value of an ordinary 2013 €2, nor a documented hammer. More detail in Diario de Navarra (opens in a new tab).