Obverse: Pen writing such as Voltaire’s Le mieux 𝄓 est l’ennemi du bien., Dante Alighieri's Lasciate ogne 𝄓 speranza voi / ch’intrate., William Shakespeare's To be or not to be: 𝄓 that is the question. or Nietzsche's Was mich nicht 𝄓 umbringt, macht / mich stärker., theme L'art de la plume, face value 50 €, mintmark at bottom "cornucopia" (Paris), country monogram RF and engraver ⊞ (Joaquin Jimenez).
Reverse: Jules Verne and his global work, the author plays the role of a magician, revealing all his inventions and imaginations from his top hat. References to From the Earth to the Moon, Around the Moon, Five weeks in a balloon, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and Journey to the Center of the Earth blend together to paint an overall picture of the Voyages extraordinaires. Date and subject ⤿ at lower left 2025 JULES VERNE (Jules Verne), dates of his life above 1828 ✒️ 1905.
Note: We show the reverse side as the front picture as multiple coins exist with the same depiction on the obverse side
