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20 Euro – France

Non-circulating coins
Commemoration: IX Athletics World Championships in Paris
France
Context
Year: 2003
Issuer: France Issuer flag
Period:
(since 1958)
Currency:
(since 2002)
Total mintage: 1,165
Material
Diameter: 31 mm
Weight: 17 g
Gold weight: 15.64 g
Shape: Round
Composition: 92% Gold
Magnetic: No
Technique: Milled
Alignment: Medal alignment
Obverse
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Reverse
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References
KM: #Click to copy to clipboard1998
Numista: #121574
Value
Exchange value: 20 EUR = $23.61
Bullion value: $2632.71
Inflation-adjusted value: 29.74 EUR

Obverse

Description:
Parisian monuments—the Hôtel de Ville, Arc de Triomphe, obelisk of Place de la Concorde, La Défense towers, Eiffel Tower, Pantheon, and Pont-Neuf—stand on three steps marked "EQUALITY, FREEDOM, FRATERNITY." Face value: "20 EUR." Inscriptions: "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE," the 9th World Athletics Championships logo, and the year.
Inscription:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

20 EURO

ÉGALITÉ LIBERTÉ FRATERNITÉ

9es CHAMPIONNATS du MONDE D'ATHLETISME

IAAF

PARIS 2003

SAINT-DENIS

2003
Translation:
FRENCH REPUBLIC

20 EURO

EQUALITY LIBERTY FRATERNITY

9th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS

IAAF

PARIS 2003

SAINT-DENIS

2003
Script: Latin
Language: French

Reverse

Description:
Caption: "RUNNING." A runner with a bridge in the background.
Inscription:
COURIR
Script: Latin

Edge

Plain

Mints

NameMark
Monnaie de Paris

Mintings

YearMint MarkMintageQualityCollection
20031,165Proof
Legendary