20 Yuan
China — Peoples Republic · People's Bank of China
The People's Bank of China issued two 20 yuan commemorative banknotes on 21 December 2021 to mark the 24th Olympic Winter Games held in Beijing from 4 to 20 February 2022. One note (paper) celebrates snow sports and features a freestyle skier, while the companion note (polymer) celebrates ice sports with a figure skater; e403 is the paper (snow sports) version. Both notes incorporate motifs from the Northern Song dynasty masterpiece 'A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains' (千里江山图), blending classical Chinese artistic heritage with the Olympic spirit. A total of 200 million sets were issued.
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ReasonCommemorative issue for the 24th Olympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022), celebrating China's hosting of the Winter Olympics and combining traditional cultural imagery with the Olympic spirit.
DesignObverse: Freestyle skier in mid-action, overlaid with detail from the Song-dynasty painting 'A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains', Beijing 2022 Olympic emblem and rings. Reverse: National Ski Jumping Center 'Snow Ruyi' in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, at sunrise.
Security featuresDynamic holographic stripe with advanced nano/micro optical features, SPARK Live colour-shifting ink, UV-reactive serial numbers, Braille denomination marks, intaglio relief print, fluorescent Olympic rings under UV.
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