| Description : As a result of the French Revolution of 1789, the Grimaldis
lost all aristocratic privileges in France and their possessions there. Despite the Franco‐Monegasque Treaty of
Péronne, Monaco, which was surrounded by France, demanded the deposition of the princes and the annexation to France,
which had become a republic with the deposition of Louis XVI in 1792. Honoré III was imprisoned after the
annexation decision in 1793 and died in a dungeon in Paris in 1795. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the Congress of
Vienna, thanks to Talleyrand's efforts, restored the state of Monaco, and the kingdom of Sardinia, which got back Savoy,
Piedmont and Nice and additionally Genoa and ‐ with Turin as capital ‐ became the protecting power of Monaco.
However, Honoré IV was too ill to take over the rule of his principality, so he appointed his brother, Prince
Joseph, as regent - but his son Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi (1778‐1841) revolted against this, and in 1815 Prince
Joseph appointed him regent Honoré IV. After his death he ascended the throne as Prince Honoré V.
in 1819. The coin shows Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi after a painting by an unknown painter, made about 1800. On the right
is "MONACO", on the left "HONORÉ V", below "1819 ♦ Avénement ♦ 2019"
(1819 ♦ accession to the throne ♦ 2019). A cornucopia as a sign of the French mint Monnaie
de Paris in Plessac is shown on the left, the mint master's mark Yves Sampos, a pentagon, on the right.
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