FRANCE 2 euro 2023 XXXIII Summer Olympic Games, Paris 2024 BU

Description: One hundred years after the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, the French capital will once again host the Summer Games in 2024. One year before the start of the Olympic Games, Monnaie de Paris continues the celebration by counting down the time remaining until the start of the games while highlighting its heritage and that of Paris. An event with international resonance, whose intensity gradually increases in the years preceding the event, with several commemorative €2 coins dedicated to the Olympic Games already issued in recent years. The coin depicts the Sower – a national symbol and icon of French numismatics – practicing pugilism (fist fighting), the predecessor of boxing, as a reference to the ancient Olympic Games. Her silhouette stands in the foreground in front of the Pont Neuf and its surroundings, typical of the Île de la Cité area – a key element of the Paris landscape. In the background, an athletics track is shown, with the Paris 2024 emblem placed on the right side. The year, the inscription "RF" and the mint mark are placed under the arch, on the bridge parapet and on the Seine. The outer ring of the coin depicts the 12 stars of the European Union.