France 2025 Jules Verne 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Proof Silver Coin

France 2025 Jules Verne 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Silver Coin

Comes in Box + COA

The Art of the Pen Series by Jules Verne

Diameter 37 mm

Metal SILVER 999‰

Weight 22.2 g

Quality Proof 

Mintage 2025 only

Year2025

Face value10 €

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 year date 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.