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1/4 Ecu - Louis I
| Issuer | Principality of Monaco |
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| Year | 1665-1666 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (781-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Louis I, Prince of Monaco, facing right, with long flowing hair falling over his shoulders in the style of the late 17th century. The prince is depicted wearing armour with elaborate decorative detail at the chest. The effigy occupies the majority of the coin's field, rendered in high relief with confident baroque artistry. The circular Latin legend reads LVD I D G PRIN MONOECI, identifying Louis I by the grace of God as Prince of Monaco, separated by pellets and a six-pointed star. The border consists of an inner ring of denticles. |
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| Obverse lettering | LDV I D G PRIN MONOECI (Translation: Louis I by the grade of God prince of Monaco) |
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Louis I ruled Monaco under French protection, having secured the Treaty of Péronne in 1641 which shifted the principality's allegiance from Spain — a realignment that shaped every aspect of Monégasque coinage for generations. This quart d'écu belongs to a two-year window of production that was almost certainly curtailed by the practical limits of Monaco's tiny mint operation rather than any policy decision. Surviving examples are genuinely scarce; Monaco never struck in quantities remotely comparable to French royal issues of the same period.