v61_0692 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 20 centimes en or 1962 Paris

MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 20 centimes en or 1962 Paris MS

MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 390.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 451.00 €

Type : Essai de 20 centimes en or

Date: 1962

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 500

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,65 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire d’aspect FDC avec la totalité du brillant d’origine. On regrettera de petites traces de doigt dans les champs

Catalogue references :

G.2012-147

Obverse

Obverse legend : RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO/ (DATE).

Obverse description : Buste nu de Rainier III à droite ; au-dessous, signé SIMON.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEO/ JUVANTE/ 20 CENTIMES.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes des Grimaldi soutenu par un moine soldat ; au-dessus une couronne.

Commentary

Cinq cents essais en or (8,65 g) et cinq cents essais en argent (5,1 g) ont été frappés en 1962.

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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v61_0692 - MONACO - PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - RAINIER III Essai de 20 centimes en or 1962 Paris

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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