A bust of Pierre de Coubertin`s left profile is surrounded by the legend: `PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863-1937`. There is a torch carrying the Olympic flame and the monogram `RF`
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863-1937
RF
1994
Reverse description
The Sorbonne, where the International Olympic Comittee was founded in 1894, is accompanied by the face value, the five Olympic rings, dates `1894 1994`, and is surrounded by the motto `FREEDOM - EQUALITY - FRATERNITY` Different from the Paris Mint (cornucopia), the engraver general Pierre Rodier (bee), and the workshop engraving coins and medals (foil AGMM).
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
LIBERTÉ·ÉGALITÉ·FRATERNITÉ
20F
1894
1994
Edge
Segmented reeding (5 parts reeded)
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage
1994 - (fr) F. 405/1 - Essai - 1 850 1994 - (fr) F. 405/2 - 15 000 011
