2 euro - Sovereignty - Monaco - 2012 - UNC

2 euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 500th Anniversary of the establishment of the Sovereignty of Monaco, UNC. In 1612 the Grimaldis obtained the title of Princes and Monaco legitimately became a Principality. Monk surrounded by the territories of the Republic of Genoa, 1796 Surrounded for decades by territorial disputes between the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, the Monegasque territory was larger than it is today. In 1794, in the wake of the revolutionary uprisings, the Principality of Monaco was annexed to republican France. It was only in the period of the Restoration that the Principality regained its independence with the support of the Savoy family. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Principality of Monaco also included the neighboring municipalities of Menton and Roccabruna, bordering on three sides with the province of Nice of the Kingdom of Sardinia.