150 Yuan Beijing Olympics - Swimming

Issued as part of China's sprawling Beijing 2008 commemorative program, which ultimately comprised dozens of gold and silver releases across multiple series — making individual pieces from the set far more common on the secondary market than their precious metal content alone might suggest. The swimming theme corresponds to a Games at which Chinese athletes won six gold medals in the pool, though Michael Phelps's eight-gold performance in Beijing dominated international coverage of the aquatic events.