5 Centimes - Honoré V large head

5 Centimes - Honoré V (large head) - obverse5 Centimes - Honoré V (large head) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Monaco
Prince Honoré V (1819-1841)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1837
Value 5 Centimes (0.05)
Currency Ancien franc (1837-1960)
Composition Copper (Red copper)
Weight 9 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
24958
References KM# 95.1a,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Gad# MC103
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

Obverse

Large bust left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HONORE V PRINCE DE MONACO
BORREL F.

Engraver: Valentin Maurice Borrel

Reverse

Three-line inscription with value and date, privy mark and mint mark below, all within wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINQ
CENTIMES
1837.
M
C

Engraver: Valentin Maurice Borrel

Edge

ChevronnéeAutomatically translated

Mint

MC Monaco, Monaco (1640-1856)

Comments

NOTE: large head means the lower tip of the bust nearly reaches the rim and reaches out to the "H"

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