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10 Yuan Beijing Olympics - Beihai Park
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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China's 2008 Olympic commemorative program was one of the largest in modern numismatic history, spanning multiple series issued across several years leading up to the Beijing Games. This Beihai Park issue belongs to the cultural landmarks subset, which drew on imperial garden architecture rather than sporting events — a deliberate choice by the People's Bank of China to frame the Olympics as an occasion for projecting civilizational depth alongside athletic ambition.
Beihai Park itself served as an imperial garden for over a thousand years, attached successively to the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties before becoming a public park in 1925.