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1 Ecu - Honoré II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1654-1662 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#32, Dav EC II#4307, Gad#MC35 |
| Obverse description | Draped and armoured bust of Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, facing right, with long flowing hair falling over the shoulders and a lace cravat visible at the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief in a baroque portrait style, with finely detailed pauldrons and gorget. The legend, separated by pellets, runs along the toothed border of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Monaco — a shield fusilly of argent and gules arranged in seven lozenges across — displayed in the centre of the field, surmounted by a princely crown adorned with floral finials. A motto scroll inscribed DEO IVVANTE (With God's help) appears on a ribbon across the centre of the shield. The date appears at the top of the field flanking the crown, and the circumferential legend, separated by stops, runs within the toothed border. |
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Honoré II secured the title "Prince" from Louis XIII in 1612 — the first ruler of Monaco to hold that rank — but spent decades navigating between Spanish and French suzerainty before formally aligning with France in 1641 under the Treaty of Péronne. These écus, struck across nearly a decade of that new arrangement, reflect a principality still asserting independent coinage rights despite its precarious geopolitical position between two major powers. The weight standard follows the French écu blanc closely, a deliberate alignment with the new patron state.