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1/2 Franc - Rainier III Trial
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#E52, Gad#MC149 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Prince Rainier III in right-facing profile, depicting the Prince in military dress with a draped collar. The engraver's signature R. COCHET appears incuse in the lower field near the truncation. The circular legend around the periphery reads RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO, with the date 1965 centered in the lower exergue flanked by raised dots. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Trial pieces — essais — from the Monnaie de Paris were a formal part of French and French-affiliated minting procedure, produced in small quantities for official inspection and approval before a type entered circulation. Monaco's essais from this period were typically struck in editions of around 500 pieces, distributed largely to collectors through official channels rather than tested in any practical sense. This particular piece predates the circulating half-franc by design review, not by accident.