). 'It was a bit of a crazy idea,' says Mathieu Prigent, Paris 2024’s special project manager of the medal concept. 'We reflected upon the meaning we wanted to convey. How a classic element can be different, or revolutionary?' The resulting idea was to inject a bit of the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris since its construction in 1889, into every single medal.
Each medal, gold, silver and bronze, of 85mm in diameter and 9.2mm in thickness, weighs around 500 grams, including 18 grams of iron. After several months of intensive dialogue between Massonat and Benoît Verhulle, the head of Chaumet’s workshop, the design of the medals was perfected and its resin finished. Now, the Monnaie de Paris is manufacturing the 5,000-plus medals.
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