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1⁄12 Ecu ou 5 sols Imitation de Dombes Louis 1er
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1668 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Anne-Marie-Louise de Montpensier facing right, rendered in a style closely resembling that of the reigning Princess of Monaco, adorned with a necklace. The effigy is depicted in a conventional French royal portrait style of the period. The surrounding legend reads .ET. DELECTATIONE. DIGNE in Latin characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Monaco's 1668 issue deliberately copied the coinage of Dombes, the small French principality ruled by the Montpensier family, as a way of circulating money that would pass unquestioned in regional French trade. This kind of imitative striking was not unusual for minor sovereigns with limited monetary authority — the resemblance to an established issue reduced the likelihood of rejection at market. Louis I had been recognized as Prince of Monaco by Louis XIV only a decade earlier, following decades of Spanish protection, and his mint was navigating a narrow political space between French accommodation and independent revenue.