France 2021 Paris 2024 Purple

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