OBVERSE

Design paying homage to Honoré de Balzac's work titled "Le Père Goriot", depicting Eugène de Rastignac himself, observing the city of Paris from the Père Lachaise cemetery; at the top right, the initials RF for "République Française"; in the lower part, the mint mark chosen by the artist engraver Joaquin Jimenez.

REVERSE

Portrait of Honoré de Balzac on the right; on the left, the quote from his work titled "Le Père Goriot": "À NOUS DEUX MAINTENANT!" (It's up to us now!); year 2014 at 6 o'clock, between the mint marks (cornucopia of the Paris Mint on the left, rosette of the engraving workshop on the right); on the right, the writer's signature and the face value 10 EURO on two lines.