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150 Yuan Beijing Olympics - Soccer
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 150 Yuan (150元) |
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| Reverse lettering | 力 第29届 奥林匹克运动会 150元 |
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| Mintage | 2008 Y - Proof - 60,000 2008 Z - Proof - |
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China's 2008 Olympic program generated one of the most commercially aggressive commemorative coin series in modern mint history — dozens of denominations, metals, and themes issued across multiple years leading up to Beijing. The soccer issue sits in the middle tier of that program, struck at 10.1 grams of .999 gold alongside parallel silver issues. Mintage figures were controlled by the People's Bank of China, which managed the series as both a collector product and a soft-power instrument ahead of the Games.
Soccer held particular symbolic weight for the host nation: China's men's team had qualified for its first-ever World Cup in 2002 and exited without scoring a goal.