fwo_718120 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 100 Francs 1950 Paris
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Type : Essai de 100 Francs
Date: 1950
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1700
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,03 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO // 1950.
Obverse description : Portrait du prince à gauche, dans un grènetis, la pointe du buste coupant celui-ci.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEO JUVANTE / 100 FRANCS // ESSAI.
Reverse description : Cavalier levant une épée, portant les armes des Grimaldi, sur un cheval caparaçonné, à l’attaque à droite, dans un grènetis intérieur limité aux légendes.
Historical background
MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III
(1949-2005)
Rainier III (1921-2005) succeeded his grandfather Louis II on November 9, 1949. In 1956, he married the American actress Grace Kelly who became Princess Grace (who died in 1982). Under his reign, the Principality was modernized. His son Albert II succeeds him.
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