Honoré III was just ten years old when he inherited the principality in 1733, making these early copper issues products of a regency government rather than any meaningful personal rule. Monaco at this point was under French protection by treaty, and its coinage rights — jealously maintained by the Grimaldi family as a mark of sovereignty — were administered by regents who had little appetite for monetary experimentation. The liard is accordingly conservative in execution.
Gadoury MC96 is not a rare type, but honest circulated examples without environmental damage are harder to locate than the census suggests.
Honoré III was just ten years old when he inherited the principality in 1733, making these early copper issues products of a regency government rather than any meaningful personal rule. Monaco at this point was under French protection by treaty, and its coinage rights — jealously maintained by the Grimaldi family as a mark of sovereignty — were administered by regents who had little appetite for monetary experimentation. The liard is accordingly conservative in execution.
Gadoury MC96 is not a rare type, but honest circulated examples without environmental damage are harder to locate than the census suggests.