½ Franc - Rainier III

Features

Issuer	Monaco
Prince	Rainier III (1949-2005)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1965-1995
Value	½ Franc (½ MCF)
Currency	Nouveau franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Nickel
Weight	4.5 g
Diameter	19.5 mm
Thickness	2.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 3821
References	KM# 145 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Gad 1789# MC149 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , Schön# 23 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Rainier III to the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO
R.COCHET
· 1977 ·

Translation: Rainier III Prince of Monaco

Engraver: Robert Cochet

Reverse

Crown overlapping shield, value at lower left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DEO JUVANTE
½ FR

Translation: With God's Help

Engraver: Robert Cochet

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Marks

	Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1958-1974)
	Émile Rousseau, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1974-1994)
	Pierre Rodier, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1994-2000)

Comments

FDC 1974 series

FDC 1975 series

FDC 1976 series

FDC 1982 series

Brillant Uiversel 1995 series

Present in sets

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1965	375 000	$ 0.24	$ 1.60	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.30		39%
1968	125 000	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.30	$ 2.60		16%
1974	62 500		$ 1.90	$ 2.30	$ 3.60	$ 4.60	7.000 in FDC series	9%
1975	62 500		$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 4.10	$ 5.60	7.500 in FDC series	10%
1976	62 500		$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 3.10	$ 5.20	6.000 in FDC series	9%
1977	62 500			$ 3.70	$ 3.70	$ 5.20		8%
1978	226 500		$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 3.10		22%
1979	226 500		$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.40	$ 2.40		23%
1982	457 000	$ 0.58	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.90	$ 2.90	10.000 in FDC series	37%
1989	10 000							1.4%
1995	30 000					$ 5.80	In sets only	5%

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