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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.
Such an event is an opportunity for the Monnaie de Paris to continue to renew itself to offer even more beautiful and innovative products. For the first time, the institute's presses are minting hexagonal coins, in tribute to the French territory.
After depicting Marianne (2021), the Genius (2022) and the Sower (2023), the obverse of these coins shows Hercules, practicing wrestling. In the background we can see the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, considered to be one of the most emblematic monuments in Paris. It is located just a few metres from the Monnaie de Paris, on the Île de la Cité..
This design is also featured on the commemorative €2 coins, available only in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated quality.