3964) Roland Garros, France: Celebrating 100 Years of French Tennis Championships (1925-2025): Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) has released Gold 20€ (Euro) and 10€ (Euro) Silver Coins celebrating the milestone: Date/Year of Coins issue: 13.05.2025:
The French Open or Roland-Garros:
The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros is a tennis tournament organised by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.
It is chronologically the second of the
four Grand Slam tennis events every year, held after the Australian Open and
before Wimbledon and the US Open.
The French Open begins in late May and continues for two weeks. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros.
The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface.
Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass.
Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tournament in tennis
Celebrating 100 Years of French Tennis championships:
In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is celebrating 100 years of the French tennis championships, which became the French Open in 1925 and have been held at the Roland-Garros stadium since 1928.
Organised by the French Tennis Federation, Roland-Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament to be played on clay, one of the oldest and noblest surfaces in the history of tennis.
Modernised over the years with innovative infrastructure, the stadium combines tradition and modernity.
Every year, its vibrant atmosphere attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators from all over the world, as well as millions of television viewers, making the tournament one of the world's leading sporting events.
One hundred years after taking on its international dimension, Roland-Garros remains a symbol of history and passion for tennis, with an eye always turned towards the future and excellence.
The Coin:
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The Reverse of the 10 Euro Silver Coin features the Cours Phillipe-Chatrier, an emblematic feature of the Roland Garros site. (The court Philippe-Chatrier is Roland-Garros' centre court, where all the world's tennis players dream of playing).
At the top of the coin are the letters ‘RG’ for Roland Garros.
On the right, the Saint André cross is framed by the baselines of a tennis court. At the top right is the Moucharabieh of Roland-Garros, a motif found on one of the corners of the Philippe-Chatrier court.
This coin is used for the "Toss" of the 2025 tournament.
The Obverse and the Reverse of the coin feature the baseline of a tennis court. The Moucharabieh of the Roland Garros stadium is in the background. This emblematic motif covers the outside the Philippe-Chatrier court.
In the centre of the coin is a tennis racket and a ball resting on it. The word RF appears on the obverse of the coin and the face value on the reverse.
The words ‘pile’ (heads) and ‘face’ (tails) refer to the ‘Toss’ at the beginning of the tennis match.
The chair umpire tosses a coin, and the winning player chooses whether to serve or receive, or to choose his or her side. It's a quick and fair way to start a match.
The specifications of the Silver coin are:
Diameter: 37.00 mm
Metal Composition: SILVER 999‰
Weight: 22.2 g
Qualité: Proof (P)
Mintage: 3000 pieces
Millésime/Year: 2025
Valeur faciale:10€
Coin Theme: Roland Garros
The specifications of the Gold Coin are:
Diameter/Size: 15.00 mm
Metal Composition: GOLD 999‰
Weight:3.11 g or
Qualité: Proof (P)
Mintage:1500 pieces
Millésime/Year: 2025
Valeur faciale: 20
The Presentation Box/Case
Links:
1) For more on the Olympics and Paralympics held in the past, including the origins and history of the Olympics and Commemorative coins issued both on London Olympics and Paralympics please read my post on the London Olympics 2012 link as follows: History of the ancient & modern Olympics and Paralympics & commemorative coins issued during the London Olympics and Paralympics
4) For Rio 2016, please click on the following link to get interesting insights into the mascots of the Rio Olympics Vinicius and Tom, the Games and the Commemorative Coins and stamps issue programme: 1)The 31st Summer Olympics "Rio 2016"2) Commemorative Stamps and booklets issued by the Department of Posts, India on 05.08.2016
5) For Ancient Olympic Games on Greek Coins of Antiquity, please click on the following link: Ancient Olympic Games on Greek Coins of Antiquity
6) For a set of Post cards titled "Olympic Events" : please click on the following link: "Olympic Events": A set of 12 Post Cards issued by the Karnataka Postal Circle, India Post on 11.07.2016
7) For a presentation set of two stamps titled "Spirit of Olympics, Athens, Atlanta" please visit the following link: Spirit of the Olympic Games, Athens-Atlanta: Celebrating the Centenary of the Modern Olympic Games
8) For a presentation set of four stamps titled "XXVIII Olympic Games" (2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece, please visit the following link: XVIII Summer Olympic Games, Athens Greece (2004)
9) For a presentation set of two stamps titled "XXIX Olympic Games" (2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China, please visit the following link: XXIX Olympic Games Beijing, China: 08.08.08- 24.08.08: A Presentation set of four stamps issued by India Post on 08.08.08
Links to the Mutiny on the Bounty Coins/Stamps:
Links to other posts in Metropolis Tiffany Art Coin Series:
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