Victor Hugo, world celebrated poet and playwright (scroll down for history) Click coin for larger view ONLINE QUANTITY SIZE PRICE 1-5 1/4 troy ounce £143.00 each

Victor Hugo left France in 1851 for the nearby Channel Islands that welcomed him to its shores for an exile that would last 19 years, after a short period of living in Jersey he came to Guernsey. During his fifteen-year residency the island was to play a major part in inspiring many of his major works including Les Miserables. The front of the coin depicts in relief the bust of the great man and the reverse side in relief a map of the Channel Islands with the outline of France and England both sides have Hugo's signature and famous quotes he made about the islands in French and English. On the front of the coin the French text reads "When Liberty Returns, I Shall Return" and the reverse side "The Channel Islands Are Fragments Of France Which Fell Into The Sea And Were Gathered Up By England".