| Description : Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863‐1937) was
a French educator, historian and sports official who from 1880 was involved in the revival of the Olympic Games. In 1894 he
founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of which he was president from 1896 to 1925. On the 6th of April 1896,
the first Olympic Games of modern times were opened in Athens. The Olympic rings, which became the symbol of the Olympic
Games from 1920, were designed by Baron Coubertin himself in 1913. Coubertin's grave is in Lausanne, but his heart was
buried in a memorial column in Olympia. Next to a portrait of Coubertin based on a photograph from 1894, four athletes from
different disciplines depicted in stylised Olympic rings. At the top of the coin are the words "PIERRE DE COUBERTIN". To the
bottom right is a pentagon, the logo of mint master and designer Yves Sampo, to the bottom left is a cornucopia the mint mark of
the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, above it is "2013" and the country abbreviation "RF" (République
française, French Republic). |
