PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
REIGN OF RENIER III (1949-2005) - HOUSE OF GRIMALDI
CELEBRATING THE TENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCE RENIER AND PRINCESS GRACE
CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 65
OBV: JUGATE PORTRAIT BUSTS OF PRINCE RENIER AND PRINCESS GRACE; DATE BELOW.
REV: CROWNED AND MANTLED ARMS WITH SUPPORTERS ABOVE LARGE DENOMINATION; PRIVY MARKS FLANK DENOMINATION.
KM# XM2
PRINCE RENIER III OF MONACO (1923-2005) MARRIED OSCAR-WINNING AMERICAN ACTRESS GRACE KELLY (GRACE PATRICIA KELLY; 1929-1982) IN A CIVIL CEREMONY APRIL, 18, 1956 AND A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY APRIL 19, 1956. THEIR DAUGHTER, PRINCESS CAROLINE, WAS BORN IN 1957, THEIR SON ALBERT (NOW ALBERT II, SOVERIEIGN PRINCE OF MONACO) IN 1958, AND THEIR DAUGHTER, PRINCESS STÉPHANIE IN 1965.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS GRACE AND PRINCE RENIER WAS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED OF ITS DAY. THE COUPLE MARRIED AFTER A LONG COURTSHIP WITH "A GOOD DEAL OF RATIONAL APPRAISAL ON BOTH SIDES", AFTERWHICH, GRACE BECAME PRINCESS CONSORT OF MONACO, AND LEFT HER SHORT BUT HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ACTING CAREER BEHIND HER.
CONTAINS 32 GRAMS OF .920 FINE GOLD (.9465)
35 MM IN DIAMETER
STRUCK BY THE PARIS MINT FOR SPINK AND SONS, LONDON
(CORNUCOPIA PRIVY MARK OF PARIS MINT; OWL PRIVY MARK OF MASTER ENGRAVER RAYMOND JOLLY)
