Art of the Quill – Journey to the Center of the earth
10€ Silver coin - Proof quality yeardate 2025
€92.00
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Metal
SILVER 999‰
Weight
22.2 g
Qualité
Proof
La qualité "Belle Épreuve" est la plus haute qualité numismatique devant les qualités "Brillant Universel" (BU) et "courante". Une pièce belle épreuve est une pièce obtenue au moyen de coins et de flans spécialement préparés et de conditions de frappe particulières, de sorte que les motifs de gravure ressortent avec une grande netteté et que la surface est sans défaut. Les fonds de la gravure sont extrêmement brillants, les reliefs sont matés.
Mintage
2500
Millésime
2025
Valeur faciale
10€
In 2021,
Monnaie de Paris inaugurated a series focused on literary styles and authors
who have marked literature history in France and abroad. After
celebrating poetry in 2021, theatre in 2022 and adventure novels in 2024,
Monnaie de Paris honours...
Art of the Quill – Journey to the Center of the earth 10€ Silver coin Proof quality yeardate 2025
€92.00
Description
In 2021,
Monnaie de Paris inaugurated a series focused on literary styles and authors
who have marked literature history in France and abroad.After
celebrating poetry in 2021, theatre in 2022 and adventure novels in 2024,
Monnaie de Paris honours a science fiction author in 2025: Jules Verne, for the
120th anniversary of his passing.
On the
obverse, an imposing prehistoric monster is in the foreground. Right behing,
Professor Otto Lidenbrock stares intently at the horizon. In the centre, the
raft sailing the ‘Lindenbrock Sea’ almost collides with two duelling sea
creatures. The characters in this fictional story, evolving in a mineral
universe, are represented on the right. On the left, a reference to the runic
characters that guided the adventurers to the entrance of the Sneffels volcano
is inscribed in a giant mushroom. In the background is the Italian volcano
Stromboli, through which the explorers emerged from the centre of the Earth.
The title of the book is in the centre of the coin, with the date and author's
name at the bottom.
The reverse
side is common to the entire Art of the Quill series. Several iconic quotations
can be read, such as Voltaire’s “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”, Dante
Alighieri’s “Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate ”, William
Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be: that is the question” or Nietzsche’s “Was
mich nicht umbringt, macht mich starker”. A feather is engraved in the center
of the coin and underneath is the title of the series. The acronym RF appears
in the lower part of the coin, along with the hallmark of Joaquin Jimenez and
the engraving workshop.
Our craftman
THE ENGRAVER
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
THE MINTER
The first minters began to ply their trade in France when striking with a hammer appeared in the 4th century BC. Nowdays, minsters use press instead of a hammer. Their knowledge of dies, engraving and metals, and their expertise - passed seamlessly down from one generation to the next for centuries - guarantees the excellence of their work.
