BEIJING - JULY 08: A civil servant of the People's Bank of China shows a commemorative bank note on July 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, will issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) on Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games. On one side of the note there is a picture of the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, the main venue for the Olympic Games in August. The other side of the note has an illustration of the famous ancient Greek marble statue of a discus-thrower, Discobolus, portraits of athletes and the Arabic numeral '2008'. The PBOC said it would issue a total of 6 million commemorative notes, which would be circulated in the currency market with the same denomination as the regular 10-yuan notes. Getty Images logo Getty Images 16 months ago

BEIJING - JULY 08: A civil servant of the People's Bank of China shows a commemorative bank note on July 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, will issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) on Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games. On one side of the note there is a picture of the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, the main venue for the Olympic Games in August. The other side of the note has an illustration of the famous ancient Greek marble statue of a discus-thrower, Discobolus, portraits of athletes and the Arabic numeral '2008'. The PBOC said it would issue a total of 6 million commemorative notes, which would be circulated in the currency market with the same denomination as the regular 10-yuan notes.

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