A left-profile bust of Pierre de Coubertin is surrounded by the legend: `PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863-1937`. On the right is a torch bearing 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 Committee was founded in 1894, is accompanied by the face value, the five Olympic rings, the dates `1894 1994`, and is surrounded by the motto `LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ`. Different from the Monnaie de Paris (cornucopia), the general engraver Pierre Rodier (bee), and the Atelier de Gravure des Monnaies et Médailles (fleurette AGMM).
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
LIBERTÉ·ÉGALITÉ·FRATERNITÉ
20F
1894
1994
Edge
5 series of striations
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
