Issued to mark the formal handover of the Olympic flag from Tokyo to Paris at the close of the delayed 2020 Games — themselves postponed a full year by the COVID-19 pandemic, making this the first Summer Olympics held in an odd-numbered year. The Monnaie de Paris produced several denominations around this event, with the 200 Euro gold piece occupying the top tier of a tiered collector series leading up to the Paris 2024 Games.
Issued to mark the formal handover of the Olympic flag from Tokyo to Paris at the close of the delayed 2020 Games — themselves postponed a full year by the COVID-19 pandemic, making this the first Summer Olympics held in an odd-numbered year. The Monnaie de Paris produced several denominations around this event, with the 200 Euro gold piece occupying the top tier of a tiered collector series leading up to the Paris 2024 Games.