Click here to discover the Paris 2024 collections on video !For the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Monnaie de Paris has paid tribute to this major international competition through a series celebrating Sport, its values, the athletes but also the herit...
For the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Monnaie de Paris has paid tribute to 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.
The handing over of the Olympic flag at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, will mark the start of the next summer edition of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. This Handover is highlighted in this collection. This Handover will be highlighted in this collection.
This collector coin symbolises the handover of the relay between France and Los Angeles, two hosts nations of the Olympic games. On the obverse, the relay indicator is passed between a French sportswoman (who can be identified by ther nail art) and an American sportsman. In the background, the Los Angeles skyline with a palm tree, the city's emblematic tree, a star to recall Hollywood Boulevard and the Eiffel Tower.
On the reverse, the French and American flags are side by side. The emblem of Paris 2024 completes this composition.
The Collection
Monnaie de Paris celebrates the Olympic and Paralympic Games with various innovative and new collections over several years, showcasing the sportsmen and the Olympic spirit. Collection coins, commemorative 2€, gold and silver Euro or medallions, these collections put the spotlight on the disciplines, places and icons of the Olympics.
Our craftman
THE ENGRAVER
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
THE MINTER
The first minters began to ply their trade in France when striking with a hammer appeared in the 4th century BC. Nowdays, minsters use press instead of a hammer. Their knowledge of dies, engraving and metals, and their expertise - passed seamlessly down from one generation to the next for centuries - guarantees the excellence of their work.
