Editing Monaco (section)

===Numismatics===
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[[File:Medaglia genovese 1655.JPG|thumb|Genovese coin from 1655]]
Monaco issued its own coins in various devaluations connected to the [[écu]] already in the seventeenth century, but its first decimal coins of the Monégasque franc were issued in 1837 continued until 2001.

Although Monaco is not a [[European Union]] member, it is allowed to use the [[euro]] as its currency by arrangement with the [[Council of the European Union]]; it is also granted the right to use its own designs on the national side of the [[euro coins]], which was introduced in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/monaco.html |title=Monaco Euro Coins |publisher=Eurocoins.co.uk |date=1 January 2002 |access-date=11 May 2017 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720084154/https://www.eurocoins.co.uk/monaco.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In preparation for this date, the minting of the new euro coins started as early as 2001. Like Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Spain, Monaco decided to put the minting date on its coins. This is why the first euro coins from Monaco have the year 2001 on them, instead of 2002, like the other countries of the [[Eurozone]] that decided to put the year of first circulation (2002) on their coins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.int/euro/coins/html/mo.en.html |title=ECB: Monaco |publisher=Ecb.int |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327025024/http://www.ecb.int/euro/coins/html/mo.en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Three different designs were selected for the Monégasque coins.<ref name="visitmonaco1">{{cite web |url=http://www.visitmonaco.com/en/Places-to-visit/Museums/The-Museum-of-Stamps-and-Coins |title=Monaco – The Museum of Stamps and Coins |publisher=Visitmonaco.com |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-date=30 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230073408/http://www.visitmonaco.com/en/Places-to-visit/Museums/The-Museum-of-Stamps-and-Coins |url-status=live }}</ref> The design was changed in 2006 after Prince Rainier's death to feature the effigy of Prince Albert.<ref name="visitmonaco1"/>
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