Live auction - fwo_331973 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 5 Francs Rainier III 1960 Paris
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 90 € |
| Maximum bid : | 90 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2016 16:14:14 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Essai de 5 Francs Rainier III
Date: 1960
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1500
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R3
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO.
Obverse description : Buste nu de Rainier III à gauche ; au-dessous, signé P. TURIN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEO JUVANTE/ 5 - F.
Reverse description : Écu soutenu par deux moines surmonté d'une couronne.
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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