5 Centimes - Honoré V large head

Honoré V ruled Monaco under French protection following the Restoration, a arrangement that left the principality's finances perpetually strained. He issued copper coinage sporadically, and the 1837 series came late in his reign — he died the following year. The "large head" distinction in KM#95.1a separates this die variety from the more frequently encountered small-head type, a difference attributed to a mid-production punch change rather than any deliberate reissue.