v08_1988 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 50 centimes 1962 Paris
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 76.22 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 76.22 €
unsold lot
Type : Essai de 50 centimes
Date: 1962
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,78 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Flan miroir. Deux infimes petites taches sur le portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO/ 1962.
Obverse description : Buste nu de Rainier III à droite ; au-dessous, signé SIMON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEO/ JUVANTE/ 50 CENTIMES/ ESSAI.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes des Grimaldi soutenu par un moine soldat ; au-dessus 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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