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1 Franc - Louis II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Weight | 4 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Prince Louis II facing left, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. The legend LOUIS II PRINCE DE MONACO arcs around the upper periphery, while the engraver's signature L. MAUBERT appears in small incuse lettering at the base of the neck truncation. The entire design is framed by a continuous inner border of raised beads. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Monaco's 1943 coinage was produced under Italian occupation, and the principality had virtually no independent monetary infrastructure of its own — these aluminum-bronze pieces were struck at the Paris Mint under Vichy-era administrative arrangements. Louis II, then in his late seventies, had little practical authority over the terms of production.
The copper-aluminium alloy was a wartime substitution driven by metal shortages, replacing the nickel issues of the prewar years.