The 2024 Summer Olympics will be commencing soon. Starting July 26th in the City of Lights Paris France.

To celebrate collector and elongated coin designer Alex Mruk has created a special series of ten elongated coins depicting different Olympic sports.

During his research Alex found that the 1924 Olympics were also held in Paris, and he loved the art used for some post cards done by artist E. Blanche from those games 100 years ago. From those small pieces of art, Alex took inspiration to make a set of elongated coins.

All of the designs are pressed on French 10 centime coins which are the approximate size and color of a U.S. cent. Due to the use of real French coins, only a very limited number of these sets were made.

No matter which country you are cheering for in this years Olympics, it’s always just an incredible time to come together and watch some amazing athletes do what they have been training to do for almost their entire lives. Go for the gold, and Keep on Pressing!

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