JFVB

20 euro (Jules Verne's death) – France

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Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 120th anniversary of the death of Jules Verne

Series: L'art de la plume

France

Context

Face Value: 20 euro

Year: 2025

Issuer: France

Period:

Fifth Republic

(since 1958)

Currency:

Euro

(since 2002)

Total mintage: 3,000

Material

Diameter: 37 mm

Weight: 31.1 g

Silver Weight: 31.07 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver Precious Metals

Standard: Silver ounce

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

OBVERSE ↑

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REVERSE ↑

References

KM: #

Numista: #465523

NGC: link

Value

Exchange value: 20 EUR = $23.23

Bullion value: $66.40

Obverse

Description:

Inscribed with emblematic quotations, the piece centers on an engraved feather above the series title. The lower right corner bears "RF," Joaquin Jimenez's hallmark, and the workshop mark.

Inscription:

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

20 €

RF

Translation:

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

To be or not to be: that is the question.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

The art of the pen.

20 €

RF

Script: Latin

Languages: English, Italian, German, French, French, French

Reverse

Description:

Jules Verne’s face and his global work are depicted as a magician revealing inventions from a top hat. References to his major novels blend together to represent Les Voyages extraordinaires. His name, dates, and year appear to the portrait's left.

Inscription:

1828 1905

2025 JULES VERNE

Script: Latin