Date:08/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/08/stories/2008070854961300.htm

International

Special notes to mark Olympics

BEIJING: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is to issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games.

The PBOC said it would issue a total of 6 million such notes, which would be circulated in the market with the same denomination as the ordinary 10-yuan notes. The new note, in cyan, is 148.5 millimetres long and 72 millimetres wide, according to the central bank. On one side is a picture of the National Stadium, or the Bird’s Nest, the main venue for the Games in August.

Above the picture is the emblem of the Beijing Games, “Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing.” The picture of national stadium and the emblem are both set against the backdrop of the Temple of Heaven, one of the country’s best-known landmarks. — Xinhua