Monaco

2020

Commemorative coin

The 300th anniversary of the birth of Prince Honoré III

Official Journal of the European Union

The design shows the effigy of Prince Honoré III. At the left is the inscription ‘HONORÉ III’ and at the right the name of the issuing country ‘MONACO’. At the bottom, in semi-circle, is the inscription ‘1720 – Naissance – 2020’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

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Honoré III. (1720-1795), son of Princess Louise-Hippolyte, became prince of Monaco in 1732 at the age of 11. But he left the regency to his uncle Antoine Grimaldi. Only after his death he returned from Paris to Monaco 1784. Due to the French Revolution of 1789 the Grimaldis lost their privileges of nobility and their possessions in France. With the deposition of Louis XVI France became a republic in 1792 and annexed Monaco in 1793. Honoré III was arrested and died in a dungeon in Paris in 1795. The coin shows him according to a painting by Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684-1745), which is presented in the throne room of the princely palace in Monaco.

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