20 francs FRANCE (1994) Pierre de Coubertin

in coin centre a bust of IOC founder facing left; on the right olympic torch, below letters: RF (RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic); along the top edge: PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863-1937; along the bottom edge year of issue 1994

above the coin centre face value: 20 F. (FRANCS); below olympic rings, below in two lines dates: 1894 / 1994; on the left the tower of Sorbonne in Paris; along the top edge motto of France: LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ (liberty, equality, fraternity)

five plain and five reeded sections

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18 II 2002

Atelier de gravure (group of designers of the Paris Mint - rosette below date 1994 in the reverse)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Pessac (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse, after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Pierre Rodier - bee)

1994	15 000 011

Privy marks of the general engravers of the Mint of Paris, which can be found on French coins produced after 1944:

Lucien Bazor	1931-1958		wing
Raymond Joly	1958-1974		owl
Emile Rousseau	1974-1994		dolphin
Pierre Rodier	1994-2000		bee
Gérard Buquoy	2001-2002		horseshoe
Serge Levet	2003		heart
Hubert Larivière	2004-2010		horn
Yves Sampo	from 2011		rosette

Commemorative coin of 20 francs from 1994 marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which was founded by Pierre de Coubertin.

Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) - French baron, historian and educator. The founder of the International Olympic Committee on June 22, 1894 at the University of Sorbonne in Paris. The initiator of the modern Olympic idea. Pierre de Coubertin is also the author of the Olympic flag with five differently coloured rings - symbols of five continents.