Currency

6th series - Sir Luigi Preziosi

1977

6th series - Sir Luigi Preziosi

Luigi Preziosi

Luigi Preziosi was born in Sliema in 1888. He graduated in medicine in 1910 and later studied in Rome. In 1920 he obtained a diploma in ophtalmology from Oxford. He lectured at the University of Malta and in 1924 was appointed surgeon at the Central Hospital in Floriana. Preziosi created an original method for the treatment of glaucoma, which gained him international acclaim. Preziosi was also involved in politics. He died in 1965. 

Type

Denomination

Diameter (mm)

Gross Weight (g)

Finesse

Designer

Mint

Mintage

Silver Proof

Lm2

28.5

11.31

0.925

Pietro Giampaoli

Malta Mint

2,437 

Silver BU

Lm2

28.5

11.31

0.925

Pietro Giampaoli

Malta Mint