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Pezzetto - Honore III
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1734-1735 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, facing right, with long flowing hair rendered in the baroque style. The effigy shows the prince in armour with a lace cravat visible at the truncation. The circular legend reads HONORATVS. III. D.G. PR. MONOECI, separated by pellets, running along the toothed border. |
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| Mintage | 1734 - rosette in center - 1734 - variant irregular points behind the head - 1734 - variant MONOEC - 1735 - rosette in center - 1735 - variant 2 points before date - |
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Honoré III inherited the principality as a minor in 1733, and Monaco's coinage of these early years reflects the administrative scramble of a regency government trying to maintain functional small change. The pezzetto — a billon fraction intended for everyday local transactions — was struck in very limited quantities, and Monaco's tiny mint output during the 1730s means survivors in any presentable condition are genuinely uncommon.
The CNI records two distinct die variants for this type, catalogued separately as CNI III#4 and CNI III#7.