歷史今天:去年的今天 奧運紀念鈔發行

Special 10-yuan notes to mark Olympics

The People's bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank,issued a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games. PBOC issued a total of 6 million such notes.

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

中國人民銀行從星期二開始發行一套面值爲10元的北京奧運紀念鈔，這套紀念鈔總數爲6百萬張。

該紀念鈔正面主景圖案爲北京二00八年奧林匹克運動會主會場——國家體育場，其上方爲第二十九屆奧林匹克運動會會徽圖案，背景爲天壇圖案。