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1⁄12 Ecu - Honore II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1654-1659 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | HON.II.D:G.PRIN.MONOECI (Translation: Honoré II by the grace of God prince of Monaco) |
| Reverse description | Shield bearing the arms of Monaco — lozengy argent and gules arranged in seven rows of diamonds — surmounted by a princely crown with fleurs-de-lis and decorative mantling. The shield is centrally positioned in the field, flanked by the date split across the legend. The surrounding Latin inscription identifies the prince's additional titles, terminating with the year of issue. |
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Honoré II secured formal recognition of Monegasque sovereignty from Louis XIII in 1633 — the Treaty of Péronne ending nearly a century of Spanish suzerainty and reorienting Monaco firmly within the French orbit. These small silver fractions were struck in the years following that realignment, when the principality adopted French monetary conventions wholesale, including the écu system and its subdivisions.
The Gadoury reference splits this type across two varieties, MC15 and MC16, distinguished by minor die differences across the production span.