Subject of the commemorative coin:
 First elected representative in 1849
 (first in the 'Constitutional History' series)

 Description of the design:
 The inner part of this coin depicts a hand casting a ballot into a ballot box, commemorating the election in 1849 of the first Maltese representatives to the Council of Government. This council advised the British Governor of Malta, which had been a British colony since the Treaty of Paris in 1814. The inner part of the coin features the words “MALTA – First elected representatives 1849” at the top right. The coin’s outer ring features the twelve stars of the European Union.