The Launching Ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Commemorative Gold Plate, Gold and Silver Bar was held in Beijing Huarong Building on Dec. 15.
　　

　　These sets of Olympic were minted by Shenyang Mint, Shanghai Mint and Shenyang Mint, exclusively distributed by BOCOG, and issued by CGCI.
　

　　The plate including 2 sizes, the weight of one gold plate is 2008g, and the diameter of the gold plate is 200.8mm. These two numbers means the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The mintage is 29 all over the world, the “29” means the XXIX Olympic Games. And the other gold plate with the weight of 100g, and in diameter 56mm, the mintage is 8000. The “56” means the 56 nationalities of China.
　　

　　The silver and gold bar including 4 sizes, 2 gold bars and 2 silver bars. These gold and silver bars were made of 99.9% pure gold and 99.9% pure silver. The obvious design of the bar features 38 different Fuwa.