France 2021 Paris 2024 Blue
The Summer Olympic
games in Paris
The Summer Olympic
games that will take place in Paris are the opportunity, for Monnaie de Paris
to celebrate this major international competition through a series celebrating
Sport, its values,the athletes but also the heritage of the host country.
Olympism and Paralympism will be highlighted on those products, struck in
France in our art workshops. Following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic
Games, the year 2021 officially marks the beginning of the countdown to the
Paris Games. It is the handingover of the Olympic flag during the closing
ceremony of the previous Games that marks the starting point of a new era of
Games in France. 2021 is also the first year of a quadrilogy in which
sport and its values was honored through the Monnaie de Paris' coin and
medallions collections. To mark the countdown to the launch of the Games, Monnaie
de Paris issued a €2 commemorative coin for four years from 2021.
Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - BU (Briliant
Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition
- Bimetallic coin
Circulation - 5000'000
pcs
Country of origin – France
Year of release – 2021
