Portrait of French writer Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) center, Nemo in the Nautilus left, gears, hot-air balloons. Sextant and globe in OVI optically variable inks.
Reverse description
At center, Voyages Extraordinaires armillary sphere, from the Hetzel binding, with a boy reading a book leaning against a carriage. Left, mountain and dog from Île Mystérieuse. Right, Nemo.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Nemo, main character in the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea as commander of the submarine Nautilus, facing a giant
squid and a hot-air balloon.ARJO WIGGINS` inscription
Obverse lettering
2004 KBA-GIORI JULES VERNE
LE TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 JOURS
Specimen
BH
Reverse lettering
KBA-GIORI
VOYAGES
JULES VERNE
EXTRAORDINAIRES
2004 NO VALUE
