Obverse description	On the three steps of a podium, underpinned by the three terms of the Republican motto `EQUALITY, FREEDOM and FRATERNITY`, the main Parisian monuments stand out: the Hôtel de Ville, the Arc de Triomphe de l`Etoile, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the towers of La Défense, the Eiffel Tower, the Pantheon and the Pont-Neuf. Face value: `1 1/2 EUR`. The mention : `RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE`. In the exergue the logotype of the `9th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF ATHLETICS` and the year.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 20 EUR ÉGALITÉ LIBERTÉ FRATERNITÉ 9es CHAMPIONNATS du MONDE D`ATHLETISME IAAF PARIS 2003 SAINT-DENIS 2003
Reverse description	In caption `JUMP`. The sports discipline illustrated is high jumping. In the background, a metal bridge and a track with geometric patterns. The athlete is represented in the back position as he symbolically crosses the obstacle constituted by the background.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	SAUTER
Edge
Mint	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage	2003  - Proof - 863
Catalog ID	8571384520
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