MONACO - CHARLES III* - Lot 303

MONACO - CHARLES III* June 20, 1856 - September 10, 1889 His bust on the right. R/. Coat of arms of the Principality. ♦ Fr 11 100 Francs or (Ponscarme) 1886 Paris (32.27 g) Superb/Very beautiful. *Charles III Prince of Monaco is the son of Florestan, Marquis des Baux and Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Thanks to François Blanc and his wife Marie, the principality emerges from bankruptcy. On the site of "Les Spélugues "***, he built the Hôtel de Paris and the Casino. This booming district was renamed "Monte Carlo" in honor of Charles III. His son Albert I succeeded him. He was a contemporary of the industrial age, marked by the rise of "applied sciences" and "pure sciences". He was passionate about oceanography. He organized numerous scientific campaigns.