![]() The reverse of the banknote features the head quarter building of Bank of China Macau Branch on the left, incorporating the World Heritage listed A-Ma Temple and the traditional painting -“The Hundred Sons”. Behind the paper-cut animal, it shows the Earthly Branches circle Behind the “Fu” red couplet, a red lantern symbolizing family reunion. The front of the banknote illustrates an animal of the Chinese Zodiac by Chinese paper-cut art – one of the masterpieces on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and a red couplet of the Chinese word “Fu”– a popular ornament with the meaning of welcoming the spring, good luck and happiness during the Spring Festival. The Chinese Zodiac New Year Commemorative Banknotes are tinted mainly in red, representing jubilation and auspiciousness. ![]() Bank of China Limited has issued the new series of Chinese Zodiac New Year Commemorative Banknotes, in denomination of MOP10, into circulation from January 2012.
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