KBA Giori Jules Verne, Test Note, Switzerland, 2005, UNC, Specimen

This test note by KBA Giori of Switzerland highlights the works and achievements of French novelist Jules Verne. The obverse side contains a sextant, a hot air balloon, Jules Vernes portrait, a globe, an image of Captain Nemo, and the original cover of Around the World in 80 Days in French. The reverse side contains the pyramids, a hot air balloon, an image of Captain Nemo, an illustration from Mysterious Island, and the Hetzel poster announcing the Voyages Extraordrinaires book, an anthology that contains Vernes well-known works such as 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, in 1890.