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150 Yuan Beijing Olympics - Archery
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem — a stylized running figure in red seal script calligraphy — accompanied by the inscription 'Beijing 2008' and the Olympic rings below, all set against a mirror-polished background. Flanking the central motif on left and right are elaborate symmetrical dragon reliefs rendered in traditional Chinese decorative style, evoking ancient bronze vessel ornamentation. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper border in Chinese characters, with the date 2008 inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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China's 2008 Olympic commemorative program was one of the most extensive ever produced for a single Games, spanning dozens of denominations and alloys across multiple series. The 150 yuan gold issues formed the mid-tier of that program, sitting between the mass-market silver sports coins and the larger prestige gold pieces. Individual sport subjects were assigned across the series with no particular hierarchy — archery carried no special symbolic weight in the selection.
KM#1701 is among the more modestly distributed of the Olympic gold types, though the People's Bank never published granular mintage figures broken down by sport subject.