Issued to coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this piece belongs to a broader Astérix-themed numismatic program the Monnaie de Paris has developed over several years — one of the mint's more commercially successful licensed series. The character's connection to the Olympics derives directly from the 2008 film and the original René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo album Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques, published in 1968, the same year Paris last hosted — and lost the bid for — the Summer Games.
Issued to coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this piece belongs to a broader Astérix-themed numismatic program the Monnaie de Paris has developed over several years — one of the mint's more commercially successful licensed series. The character's connection to the Olympics derives directly from the 2008 film and the original René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo album Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques, published in 1968, the same year Paris last hosted — and lost the bid for — the Summer Games.