France · The Sower and Boxing - Pont Neuf (Series: Summer Olympic Games, Paris 2024 - 3/4)

One hundred years after the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the 2024 Summer Olympics are once again taking place in the French capital. Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) is using the countdown to the opening of the Olympics in one year as an opportunity to present the cultural heritage of the Games and the city of Paris. The Games are an event of international significance and are now increasingly coming into focus. In recent years, several 2-euro commemorative coins have already been issued featuring the Olympic Games.

This coin depicts the Sower, a national figure and icon of French numismatics. In reference to the Olympic Games of antiquity, the figure is shown engaged in fist fighting, a precursor to boxing. The silhouette is depicted in front of Pont-Neuf, with its surroundings typical of Ile-de-la-Cité in the center of Paris. In the background, an athletics track runs around the inner disc of the coin, with the logo of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris inserted on the right. The year of issue, the letters “RF” and the mint marks appear below the arch, on the bridge railing and in the Seine.

The twelve stars of the European flag are depicted on the outer ring of the coin.