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Central bank donates special gold, silver coins to war memorial
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-22 21:21:22

    BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, Monday presented a set of gold and silver coins marking the 60th anniversary of the War of Resistance Against the Japanese Aggression to the Memorial Hall of Chinese People's War against Japanese Aggression.

    The set, including a gold coin and a silver one, was issued by the People's Bank of China on August 15 to commemorate the victoryof the Chinese People in their war against Japanese aggressors and the world's war against Fascists six decades ago.

    The serial number of the authentication certificate of the coins is 815, which was chosen to mark the special day of August 15, 1945, or the end of World War II.

    The obverse side of the two coins bears a male lion and the Great Wall with the year "1945-2005" marked.

    The reverse side of the gold coin has designs of Beijing-based Lugou Bridge, a pavilion and a tablet with words of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War Against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, while that of the silver coin bears the scene of mass celebration of the victory of the anti-Japanese war and the design of Baota Mountain in Yan'an.   Enditem

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