Art of the Quill – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
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 – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas 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.
The obverse
features emblematic elements from the novel Vingt mille lieues sous les mers,
evoking the underwater world imagined by Verne. Captain Nemo, aboard the famous
Nautilus, is in the centre, behind the tentacles of a giant squid. Beneath the
shark, three divers advance in search of treasure. In the background, the wreck
of an ancient ship symbolises the characters' underwater adventures. The title
of the novel, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, is inscribed on top, and the
yeardate and the author's name are written on the bottom left and right.
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.
