Commemorative Coins for Year of Monkey Issued Across China

The Central Bank announced to issue 500 million commemorative Year of the Monkey coins.

Commemorative Year of Monkey coins at an Agricutural Bank of China in Longhui County, Shaoyang City, Central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 16, 2016.

A resident shows a commemorative Year of the Monkey coin at a branch of China Construction Bank in Shanghai, Jan. 16, 2016.

Commemorative Year of the Monkey coins in Hai'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 16, 2016.

Residents queue outside a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing to exchange the commemorative Year of the Monkey coins, Jan. 16, 2016.

Residents queue outside a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing to exchange the commemorative Year of the Monkey coins, Jan. 16, 2016.

Residents wait at a branch of China Construction Bank to exchange the commemorative Year of Monkey coins in Shanghai, Jan. 16, 2016.

Commemorative Year of the Monkey coins were issued in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2016. The commemorative coins are 27 millimeters in diameter and a denomination of 10 yuan ($1.5). The Central Bank announced to issue 500 million commemorative Year of the Monkey coins.