The Republic of San Marino celebrates the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the issue of a silver proof 5 euro coin featuring the Great Wall of China and a juggler with a ribbon making five round circles representing the Olympic rings.
The Olympic rings represent the five continents and are intertwined between themselves to symbolize the union of peoples through the Olympic Games. Each ring has a different color: blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, chose these five colors because, at the time, they were the colors used in all the flags of the world.
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