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50 francs - Principauté de Monaco
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 50 Francs (50 MCF) |
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| Obverse description | Blue and pink guilloche underprint on a bicolour field; intaglio-style portrait vignette of Princess Grace Patricia Kelly at centre-right, flanked by denomination numerals in oval cartouches. A crowned royal monogram medallion appears at lower right, with a facsimile signature and ESSAI / NON REMBOURSABLE overprint at centre. |
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| Reverse description | Blue and pink guilloche underprint; central vignette of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in sea-view perspective, with a blue racing car motif. Denomination numerals in guilloche cartouches flank the design, with issuer and museum inscriptions. |
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Monaco has not issued its own paper banknotes since adopting the euro alongside France in 2002. A 2014 paper note denominated in francs — a currency Monaco abandoned decades earlier — is almost certainly a fantasy or novelty item, not a legitimate monetary issue. The Principality never had an independent central bank empowered to issue franc-denominated currency; its monetary arrangements were always governed by successive conventions with France.
Matej Gabris is a Slovak designer known for producing unlicensed "souvenir" and collector fantasy notes for various jurisdictions. That credit here is telling.