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10 Euros Journey to the Center of the Earth
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by typographic inscriptions of four celebrated literary quotations arranged across the field: 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,' and Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.' A quill feather is engraved centrally, symbolising the art of writing, beneath which appears the series title 'L'art de la plume' and the denomination '10 €.' The abbreviation 'RF' (République Française), the hallmark of engraver Joaquin Jimenez, and the Monnaie de Paris workshop mark appear in the lower right portion of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate To be or not to be: that is the question Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker L'art de la plume 10 € RF |
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Part of the Monnaie de Paris "Extraordinary Voyages" series drawing on Jules Verne's novels, this issue continues a multi-year program the mint launched to exploit France's particular pride in Verne as a national literary figure. Verne was born in Nantes in 1828, and the French state has long treated his bibliography as cultural patrimony worth commemorating in official metal.
The .999 fineness is slightly above the more common .925 standard the Paris mint uses for workhorse collector silver — a deliberate quality signal for the series.