20 francs FRANCE (1994) Pierre de Coubertin

20 francs 1994 Pierre de Coubertin - coins of France

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.0 mm	9.0 g	2.2 mm	Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂ / Ni / Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂

obverse:

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

reverse:

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)

edge:

five plain and five reeded sections

issue date:

withdrawal date:

18 II 2002

designer:

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

mint:

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)

mintage:

1994	15 000 011

mint marks:

interesting facts:

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.

last update: 20 XI 2013

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