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Obverse: Portrait of Jean Racine, French dramatist born in La Ferté-Milon in 1639, died in Paris in 1699, by engraving of Daullé. Port Royal des Champs Abbey in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris, from old engraving. Coat of Arms granted to Jean Racine by the King "azure of the silver swan" at right.
Reverse: Portrait of Racine from a picture of Delannoy, front view of La Ferté-Milon a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardie in northern France, his hometown. Bottom right, parchment, a quill pen, a statue on a pedestal decorated with a lyre, holding the mask of tragedy, dramatic symbols of the writer.
Watermark: Head of Andromache.