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20 francs - Louis II essai piéfort or
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Engraver(s) | Pierre Turin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | LOUIS II PRINCE DE MONACO P. TURIN |
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Louis II was 74 years old and in visibly declining health when Monaco's 1947 coinage program was authorized — he would die the following year. Piéfort essais of this issue were struck in extremely limited numbers as presentation pieces, a French Monnaie de Paris tradition for new or revised type approvals, and gold piéforts of this denomination were almost certainly produced in quantities countable on one hand.
The double-thickness specification accounts for the dramatic weight over a standard 20-franc flan.