Artefacts

Beijing 2008, commemorative banknote of 10 yuan issue by the People's Bank of China.

Physical description

Red box with the Games Emblem and the chinese/english caption: "BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES COMMEMORATIVE MACAU BANKNOTE". Inside, purple leaflet of wich the cover has the same caption like the red box with, below, 3 lotus flowers. Inside "Bird's nest" (The National Stadium of Beijing), banknote (in a plastic wallet) and chinese/english texte wich describe the banknote. Front side: value of the banknote, Games Emblem, relic of the ancient Olympic Stadium ans^d the Bank of China Building in Macau. On the right, 3 holograms with the lotus flower. Reverse side: "Bird's Nest, traditional Chinese lucky clouds graphic, lotus flower and value of the banknote. The texte of the banknote is in Chinese and Portuguese. The series number is very special: BJ 002008 (year of the Games).

Materials

paper

Colors

green, multi coloured, white

Dimension

7.2 x 14.85 cm