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  • 2 Euro 2007, KM# 186, Monaco, Albert II, 25th Anniversary of Death of Grace Kelly
  • 2 Euro 2007, KM# 186, Monaco, Albert II, 25th Anniversary of Death of Grace Kelly
Description

This is one of rarest and the most expensive 2 Euro coin existing.

Grace Patricia Kelly (1929–1982) was an American actress who became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III, in April 1956.

Kelly retired from acting at the age of 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. They had three children: Caroline, Albert II, and Stéphanie. Kelly retained her American roots, maintaining dual U.S. and Monégasque citizenship. She died on September 14, 1982, a day after suffering a stroke while driving her car, which caused a crash.

Obverse

Depicts an effigy of Grace Kelly in profile, facing to the left. Country name and date surrounded by the mint marks of the Paris Mint and mint master, engraved in an arc at the bottom by right of the inner part. The name of the artist engraved under the Princess' hair. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris in Pessac) mintmark: Cornucopia
Director of the Paris Mint mintmaster's mark: Hunting horn (Hubert Larivière)
Engraver: Roger B. Baron

R.B.BARON
MONACO 2007

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★

2 Euro

25th Anniversary of Death of Grace Kelly

KM# 186 Gadoury# MC198
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Paris Mint (A)

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