This is an essay (trial strike) for a 100-franc gold denomination that was never adopted for circulation in Monaco. Albert I had assumed the throne in 1889, and while the principality maintained the right to issue coinage under the Latin Monetary Union framework, full gold series were expensive propositions for a microstate with limited minting infrastructure. The piece was struck at Paris. No circulating version was produced.
This is an essay (trial strike) for a 100-franc gold denomination that was never adopted for circulation in Monaco. Albert I had assumed the throne in 1889, and while the principality maintained the right to issue coinage under the Latin Monetary Union framework, full gold series were expensive propositions for a microstate with limited minting infrastructure. The piece was struck at Paris. No circulating version was produced.