Great Wall of China 1 oz. Silver Coin

The image on the reverse of Series 2 silver coins features famous Chinese landmarks located around the host city, Beijing. These landmarks are all closely associated with China and will undoubtedly be images seen and represented during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. This coin features the Great Wall of China.

The left side of the coin, about 1/3 of the area, is divided by the "Chinese traditional Ruyi" decoration, with colored design on Chinese traditional pottery. Watch the official series II video!

The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 长城; Traditional Chinese: 長城; Pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "Long wall") or (Simplified Chinese: 万里长城; Traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; Pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)") is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC, the most famous being the one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. That wall was much farther north than the current wall, built during the Ming Dynasty, and little of it remains.

The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass. (Source: Wikipedia)

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