Click here to discover the Paris 2024 collections on video !On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to these renowned international competitions through a collection honoring sport, its value, ...
On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to these renowned international competitions through a collection honoring sport, its value, the athletes but also the host country's heritage. Olympism and Paralympism are celebrated.
Sports, the athletes and their movements are celebrated in this series.
Pole vaulting will be presented on the coins. Pole vaulting is an athletics event that is part of jumping. After a run-up of around fifty metres, the athlete uses a flexible pole to clear a horizontal bar several metres high without dropping it.
Pole vaulting can be traced back to ancient Greece, where it was used as a means of locomotion to cross streams, hurdle hurdles or escape wild beasts using long, rigid pieces of wood.
As pole-vaulting competitions multiplied in Europe and the United States, Baron Pierre de Coubertin decided to include the discipline in the first Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1896 at the Athens Games.
The reverse side of the series shows a view of Paris where the Seine looks like an athletics track. The Eiffel Tower dominates the city and illuminates the competition.
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.
