v09_2096 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III 20 francs or 1878 Paris

MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III 20 francs or 1878 Paris AU

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 274.41 €

Type : 20 francs or

Date: 1878

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 25000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,45 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Pièce ayant conservé son brillant d'origine. Comme d'habitude, l'aspect du droit est mou, mais la pièce ne porte pas de marque de circulation. Seules sont perceptibles de minuscules petites marques de manipulation et une petite rayure au revers

Catalogue references :

G.120 - KM/WC.19/98 - F.12

Obverse

Obverse legend : CHARLES III PRINCE DE MONACO.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles III à droite ; dessous PONSCARME et A.

Reverse

Reverse legend : VINGT - FRANCS 1878.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes de Monaco soutenu par deux moines posé sur un manteau couronné.

Historical background

MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III

(20/06/1856-10/09/1889)

Charles III (8/12/1818-10/09/1889) is the son of Florestan I. He succeeded his father in 1856 and created the order of Charles III in 1858. After the Franco-Sardinian victory of 1859 and the transfer of the county of Nice in 1860, he found himself stuck between France and Italy. On February 2, 1861, by an agreement with France, he sold Menton and Roquebrune for 400 million francs and signed a customs agreement with France. The construction of the Casino in 1863, the arrival of the railway and the construction of Monte Carlo in 1866 will save Monaco and make it a modern principality. The opera, a work of Garnier like that of Paris, was inaugurated in 1879. Charles III died in 1889 and his son Albert I succeeded him.

MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Médaille, Commémoration du cinquantenaire de la fondation de la S. B. M. de Monaco AU

150.00 €

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MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Essai de 10 Francs flan bruni 1966 Paris MS

90.00 €

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MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Essai de 10 Francs flan bruni 1966 Paris AU

100.00 €

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MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Médaille, Charles III, Prince de Monaco XF

275.00 €

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MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Médaille, Commémoration du cinquantenaire de la fondation de la S. B. M. de Monaco AU

100.00 €

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MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III Essai de 10 Francs flan bruni 1966 Paris MS

160.00 €

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v09_2096 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III 20 francs or 1878 Paris

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - CHARLES III

(20/06/1856-10/09/1889)

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