Characters and sites of the author`s novels, Gavroche, Cosette, the barricades and Notre-Dame, a theater mask, an open book of poetry and a pen, below, his signature.
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10 FRANCS
Victor Hugo
RÉPUBLIQUE 1985 FRANÇAISE
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Dressed bust with bow tie of Victor Hugo, a laurel branch in the right field.
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VICTOR HUGO
1885 - 1985
C. LESOT
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Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)