Hundreds of people have queued outside banks in Beijing to get a banknote celebrating the Olympics.

Some waited through the night to get their hands on the new ten yuan note.

The Olympic design replaces the usual picture of Mao Zedong, the founder of communist China, with a sketch of the new National Stadium.

The structure, also known as the Bird's Nest, is the emblem of the 2008 Beijing Games.

The back of the note features a statue of a Greek discus-thrower and the year 2008 written in Arabic script.

The new note is slightly larger than the ordinary version, which will continue to circulate.

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