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2 Euros Olympic Games, Paris 2024 - France 2023
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The standard European Union reverse designed by Luc Luycx features a bold numeral '2' at left in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean, with the legend EURO to its right superimposed over a stylised geographical map of Western Europe that spans both the inner core and the outer ring. The outer ring displays the twelve stars of the European Union, arranged in two groups of six above and below the map, with six vertical stripes in the inner core visually linking the upper and lower star segments. The designer's initials LL appear in the lower right of the inner core. |
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France has issued commemorative €2 coins for major national events since the format became available to eurozone members, but the Paris 2024 Olympic edition carries particular institutional weight — Monnaie de Paris, founded in 864 AD, is the oldest continuously operating mint in the world, and it spent considerable political capital lobbying to keep Olympic coin production domestic rather than cede it to outside minters. The coin entered circulation in 2023, a full year before the Games opened, reflecting a deliberate commercial strategy to maximize collector sales across two calendar years.