slight redesign of pictures on October 23, 2005
Here's some coins and paper money mentioned in, or used at the time of, Les Misérables. More will be added as time goes on.
slight redesign of pictures on October 23, 2005
Here's some coins and paper money mentioned in, or used at the time of, Les Misérables. More will be added as time goes on.
Victor Hugo on the 500 Franc Note
Victor Hugo Commemorative Coin: Issued by the Franklin Mint, this has a familiar scene on the obverse...
Five Franc Coin: Issued in 1985 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Hugo. On the obverse, Gavroche on the barricade, with Notre Dame looming in the background.
Royalist money, circa '93: This is either a true specimen or a likeness of the money that was tacked on the wall inside the gardener's hut at the Petit-Picpus.
Gold Napoleon: Fantine sold her teeth for two of these.
Five franc coin from 1830.
20 centime piece from 1812. The name on it is Napoleon's brother, Jérôme (Hieronymus)
A décime (ten centimes, or a dime) from 1815.
