OBVERSE

Sport, athletes, and their movements are celebrated here. In 2023, Wheelchair Basketball is featured on the coins. This discipline is one of the sports that originated Paralympic sports. Practiced in its early days as rehabilitation activity for soldiers wounded after World War II, it is the origin of the development of the Paralympic movement worldwide. Speed, accuracy, wheelchair control, team spirit – wheelchair basketball embodies the soul of parasports. Today, wheelchair basketball is played in over 105 countries worldwide.

REVERSE

The reverse, common to the series, features a view of Paris where the Seine takes on the appearance of a running track. The Eiffel Tower dominates the city and illuminates the competition.