Such a Sporting Event is an opportunity for Monnaie de Paris to continue innovating by offering even more beautiful and innovative coins. For the first time in the history of the mint, presses are striking hexagonal coins!
After Marianne (2021), Genius (2022), and the Sower (2023), the obverse of these coins features Hercules practicing wrestling. In the background, we see a view of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, considered one of the most iconic landmarks of Paris. It is located a few meters from the Monnaie de Paris, on the Île de la Cité.
This design is also available on the commemorative €2 coins, only available in Belle Proof and Brillant Universel editions. This design also appears on the commemorative €2 coins, available only in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated versions.