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Faux écu - Honoré II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1655 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | HON·II·D·G·PRIN·MONOECI· |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX·VALENT·PAR Ꞩ FRANCIÆ·&c· 1655 |
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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.