The China National Space Administration and the People's Bank of China hold a ceremony in Beijing to issue a set of commemorative coins of Zhurong rover's 100 days on the Mars, Aug. 30, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Xia Bin)
China's central bank issued a set of commemorative coins Monday to celebrate the success of the country's first Mars mission. The commemorative coins are legal tender of the People's Republic of China, containing two gold coins and one silver coin.
All coins feature the logo of China's planetary exploration missions, the country name and year of issuance on the obverse, while the reverse shows images of orbiting, landing and roving by the mission and a line --"China's first Mars mission Tianwen-1 succeeds" -- in Chinese.
The China National Space Administration and the People's Bank of China hold a ceremony in Beijing to issue a set of commemorative coins of Zhurong rover's 100 days on the Mars, Aug. 30, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Xia Bin)
The China National Space Administration and the People's Bank of China hold a ceremony in Beijing to issue a set of commemorative coins of Zhurong rover's 100 days on the Mars, Aug. 30, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Xia Bin)
