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1/4 Euro Stories of Jules Verne
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bearded portrait bust of Jules Verne faces left and occupies the left portion of the field, set against a background of stylised geographic or adventure motifs. The dates 1828 and 1905, denoting the author's birth and death years, flank the legend JULES VERNE along the upper arc. To the right of the portrait, the denomination QUART d'EURO and the issue year 2005 are prominently inscribed. The motto PRÉCURSEUR DE LA SCIENCE FICTION runs in a curved legend across the lower centre of the field, and the national motto LIBERTÉ . ÉGALITÉ . FRATERNITÉ appears along the lower rim. |
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Part of a four-coin series issued by the Monnaie de Paris to mark the centenary of Jules Verne's death in 1905, these quarter-euro pieces were never legal tender in the conventional sense — they circulated as collector issues rather than spending money. Verne died in Amiens on March 24, 1905, leaving behind an unfinished manuscript his son Michel heavily edited and published posthumously.