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Faux écu - Honoré II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1655 |
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| Reference(s) | Gad#MC35 |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the lozengy coat of arms of the Grimaldi family and Principality of Monaco, surmounted by a princely crown with elaborate fleurons and acanthus decoration. A ribbon or label inscribed DE·O·IWAN· (likely a die sinker's mark or motto fragment) appears across the upper portion of the shield. The surrounding legend reads DVX·VALENT·PAR·Ꞩ·FRANCIÆ·&c·, with the date 1655 divided at the top of the field. An inner beaded border frames the reverse design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Honoré II secured recognition of Monegasque sovereignty from Louis XIII in 1641 — the Treaty of Péronne that ended Spanish suzerainty over the rock. This coin was struck just fourteen years later, during a reign in which Honoré was aggressively asserting Monaco's independent identity through coinage. The "faux écu" designation reflects a denomination calibrated to approximate the French écu without formal equivalence, a deliberate ambiguity that suited a principality navigating between French protection and autonomous monetary pretension.