Two intertwined crowns celebrating the two Nobel Prize winners in Physics and Chemistry are located above the face value. They are surrounded by the motto: `LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE` and the inscription: `REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE`.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
· REPUBLIQUE ·
FRANÇAISE
LIBERTE-EGALITE-FRATERNITE
1984
PHYSIQUE CHIMIE
100
F
Reverse description
Right profile of Marie Curie surrounded by the legend: `- MARIE CURIE - - 1867 - 1934 -`. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a French physicist of Polish origin. Together with her husband Pierre Curie (1859-1906), she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her work on polonium and radium.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
· MARIE CURIE · · 1867 - 1934 ·
CORBIN
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)