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| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#3350 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | TAHITI PARIS 2024 PARIS 2024 |
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Phryge — the mascot of the Paris 2024 Olympics, designed after the Phrygian cap — was adopted in part as a deliberate nod to French Republican iconography, the soft conical hat having symbolized liberty since the Revolution. The Tahiti connection is specific: surfing at the 2024 Games was held not in metropolitan France but at Teahupo'o, on the southwestern tip of Tahiti, a venue chosen for its famously heavy reef break and consistently world-class swell.
Billon at .333 fineness places this squarely in the category of commemorative issues meant for broad circulation pricing rather than collector bullion — silver content is nominal.