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1 Ecu - Honoré II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1648-1651 |
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| Value | 1 Ecu (Scudo) (3) |
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| Obverse lettering | HONORATVS II. D.G. PRINCEPS. MONOECI. (Translation: Honoré II by the grace of God prince of Monaco.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Honoré II secured formal recognition of Monégasque sovereignty from Louis XIV in 1641 under the Treaty of Péronne, abandoning a century of Spanish protection in exchange for French backing — and it was this newly legitimized authority that made issuing coinage in his own name politically viable. The écu series followed directly from that diplomatic realignment.
KM#14 is among the larger silver issues of the principality and among the earliest to circulate under unambiguous Grimaldi sovereignty. Surviving examples in any condition above heavily worn are genuinely scarce; Monaco struck no coin in quantity and these saw real use.