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中国人民银行7月7日在其网站上发布公告，称定于2008年7月8日发行第29届奥林匹克运动会纪念钞一张。纪念钞面值10元，与现行流通人民币具有相同职能，与同面额人民币等值流通。
据悉，这是央行继发行奥运纪念币后的首张奥运纪念钞，全国发行600万张。其主色调为蓝绿色，票幅长148.5毫米，宽72.0毫米。 该纪念钞正面主景图案为北京2008年奥林匹克运动会主会场———国家体育场，其上方为第29届奥林匹克运动会会徽图案，背景为天坛图案。票面左上角为光彩光变面额数字“10”，其下方为国家体育场水印图案；票面左下方为盲文面额标记，全息定位镂空标识，双色接线异型号码；票面右侧自上而下分别为中华人民共和国国徽图案，凹印手感线，面额数字“10”与“拾圆”字样。
该纪念钞背面主景图案为古希腊雕塑“掷铁饼者”、运动员群像图案及“2008”字样。主景图案下方为年号“2008”及行长印章。票面左侧为“第29届奥林匹克运动会纪念”、面额数字“10”、汉语拼音“YUAN”字样及光变全息开窗安全线；票面右上方为“中国人民银行”汉语拼音行名及蒙、藏、维、壮四种民族文字的“中国人民银行”字样和面额。
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, is to issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games, the bank said in a statement.
The PBOC said it would issue a total of 6 million such notes, which would be circulated  market with the same denomination as the ordinary 10-yuan notes.
The new note, in cyan, is 148.5 millimeters long and 72 millimeters wide, according to the central bank. While the ordinary 10-yuan notes are in cobalt black, 140 millimeters long and 70 millimeters wide.
On one side is a picture of the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, the main venue for the Games in August. Above the picture is the emblem of the Beijing Games, "Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing". The picture of national stadium and the emblem are both set against the backdrop of the Temple of Heaven, one of the country's best-known landmarks.
This takes the place of the portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong and China's national emblem on the ordinary 10-yuan notes.
The other side features the famous ancient Greek marble statue of a discus-thrower, Discobolus, portraits of athletes and the Arabic numeral "2008".
These replace the drawing of the scenic Three Gorges, but the name of the PBOC in Chinese pinyin, Mongolian, Tibetan, Ugyur and Zhuang, remains in the top right corner.
The central bank also said it incorporated watermarks and other technologies to prevent counterfeiting of the notes.
A clear watermark appears on the picture of the National Stadium in the shape of the Arabic numeral "10" and the Games of XXIX Olympiad in the Chinese characters, said the bank.
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