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`.
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· REPUBLIQUE ·
FRANÇAISE
LIBERTE-EGALITE-FRATERNITE
1984
PHYSIQUE CHIMIE
100
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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.
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MARIE CURIE · · 1867 - 1934 ·
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Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)