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20 Dollars 2008 Beijing Olympics
| Issuer | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong alongside an ancient Greek column symbolizing the Olympic heritage, set against a fine guilloche underprint in blue tones. The Beijing 2008 Olympics logo appears to the right of the architectural vignette. The denomination numeral '20' is rendered in large intaglio print at center-left, with the issuer's bilingual name across the top and the commemorative Olympic inscription along the right margin. |
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| Protection description | the Beijing National Stadium and bauhinia flower, visible when held to light |
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Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited issued this commemorative note for the Beijing Summer Games — one of three Hong Kong commercial banks licensed to issue HKD banknotes alongside HSBC and Standard Chartered. The arrangement is a direct inheritance of pre-handover practice, retained under the "one country, two systems" framework after 1997. De La Rue's Gateshead facility handled production, the same plant that prints for dozens of central banks worldwide.
Security is minimal for a De La Rue output — watermark only, no security thread listed. Commemorative intent likely drove the decision; these were bought by collectors, not spent at wet markets.