Monaco 1950 50 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck at the Paris mint for the principality of Monaco during the reign of Rainier III (r. 1949-2005). The module matches that of a French fifty francs of the Fourth Republic. It was struck 1950 only, accompanied by ten (KM 130), twenty (KM 131) and one hundred francs (KM 133).

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: 8 g, aluminum bronze, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 132.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• (1943) 2 francs
• France 1954 50 francs
• 1950 10 francs
• 1950 20 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1950