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50 Centimes - Louis II
| Issuer | Crédit Foncier de Monaco |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| In circulation to | 1926 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HERCUL·MONOEC· DEO JVVANTE EM LINDAUER 1924 |
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The Crédit Foncier de Monaco was established specifically to issue token coinage for the Principality during a period when Monaco lacked the facilities and political framework to produce its own state currency. These cupro-aluminium pieces of 1924 were emergency tokens rather than sovereign issues — a private credit institution filling a monetary gap that the Grimaldi administration could not immediately address through official channels.
The alloy choice was purely pragmatic given postwar metal shortages across Europe.