When the deadline elapsed on Wednesday, Lm15,638,748 remained ‘missing’, as they were not exchanged into euros, the Central Bank of Malta said.

The public had until Wednesday at 12:30pm to exchange their old lira notes for euros. The old Maltese currency has now ceased to be exchangeable and is worthless.

The value of the unchanged liri amounts to €36,428,483.57, or around €100 per adult population.

Lm412,916 equivalent to €961,835.55 were exchanged during January 2018.

The largest amount was exchanged on the last day, 31 January 2018, when Lm78,178, equivalent to €182,105.75, were delivered to the Bank.

The same day also witnessed the largest single transaction of Lm28,190, equivalent to €65,665.04.