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Double tournois - Honoré II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1653 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Antoine Montrozat Reverse: Antoine Montrozat |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Prince Honoré II facing right, wearing the cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit. The legend encircles the effigy within a beaded border. The portrait reflects the engraving style typical of mid-17th century Monégasque coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Three rockets (fusées) displayed upright in the field, serving as the heraldic charge of the Grimaldi arms. The circular legend surrounding the central device reads DOVBLE TOVRNOIS with the date 1653, separated by a star ornament, all within a beaded border. |
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Honoré II secured formal recognition of Monegasque sovereignty from Louis XIII in 1641, making him the first to hold the title of Prince of Monaco — and the coins struck under his name in the following decade carry direct political weight as a result. The double tournois was a French monetary type adopted wholesale by Monaco, a practical necessity for a principality whose economy was inseparable from its larger neighbor. By 1653, Honoré II was in the final year of his reign, having ruled for over five decades.