the us 1 department on tuesday unveiled "year of the dragon" one-dollar notes, as a special 2 gift featuring the most 3 4 of chinese traditional culture, in celebration of the upcoming chinese lunar new year.
为了庆祝即将到来的中国农历春节，美国财政部于本周二发行了龙年“吉利钱”，面额为一美元。吉利钱以中国传统文化最具代表性的生肖图像为特色，为人们送上一份特别的节日祝福。
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us treasurer rosie rios unveiled the newest additions to the treasury's lucky money collection at a news conference at the bureau of engraving and printing.
us treasurer rosie rios unveiled the newest additions to the treasury's lucky money collection at a news conference at the bureau of engraving and printing (bep).
"the dragon is considered as the most desirable zodiac（十二宫图） symbols, and bep will offer 108,888 year of dragon notes, which is the highest number of notes ever offered for any of the lucky money products," said the treasurer.
the product features an uncirculated（未流通的） one-dollar note with a 7 number beginning with "8888" as the number 8 is seen by many chinese as a symbol of good fortune. this lucky money product is 8（精致地） designed with 9 chinese symbolism and is packaged in a red 10.
the "year of the dragon" is one of the 12 zodiac symbols associated with the chinese lunar calendar. many chinese believe their fate is tied to the zodiac symbols in the year in which they were born. the year of dragon represents good fortune and prosperity.
the new product will be on sale starting wednesday for 3.95 us dollars to 5.95 us dollars according to the quantity purchased.
the lucky money products have been well received both domestically and internationally, since the bep introduced such kind of products in 2000.
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