The Royal Australian Mint was selected by the IOC, as one of five partner mints, to participate in a five year program celebrating the first 100 years of the modern Olympic Games. In 1993, Australia issued three coins under the program which were released individually and in sets. A total of 7,642 3 coin sets were sold, distributed in a burgundy leatherette, hinged lid presentation case carrying the IOC Olympic rings and the centennial dates 1896 -1996. Each set consists of: A Proof 22 Carat Gold Two Hundred Dollar coin depicting the theme of Individual Participation and Two Proof Sterling Silver (.925 Fine) Twenty Dollar coins with reverse designs portraying Friendship and Fair Play.   The Disc ThrowerThis classically designed silver coin commemorates the First Olympic Congress and depicts a disc thrower in the form of an ancient sculpture. In the background is the Defence Arc in Paris, built in 1989 to commemorate the bicentennial of the French Revolution. The Javelin ThrowerThis brilliant, dramatically designed silver coin commemorates the First Olympic Congress held in Paris in 1894. An Olympic athlete, poised to throw the javelin, stands out against a background of the Sorbonne, the world-renouned university of Paris and the site of the First Olympic Congress.