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1 000 000 Hell Bank Note Stalin
| Issuer | 冥通銀行 (Hell Bank) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper. A multi-tiered Chinese temple pagoda vignette occupies the right half, rendered in fine line engraving style. To the left, denomination numeral 1000000 appears within a lobed guilloche rosette. The legend HELL BANK NOTE is printed at the top center in block capitals. |
| Reverse lettering | HELL BANK NOTE 地府通用鈔票 |
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Hell Bank notes are a form of joss paper — ceremonial currency burned as offerings so the deceased can spend the money in the afterlife, a practice rooted in Chinese folk religion and ancestor veneration. This particular note, bearing Stalin's portrait, sits in a well-established subgenre of novelty hell money that adapts the format to political figures, celebrities, and historical icons outside the traditional pantheon. Whether that reflects dark humor, political commentary, or simple commercial opportunism varies by producer — these are manufactured privately, not through any religious institution.
The denomination is purely theatrical. One million is conventional for hell money; the higher the face value, the more auspicious the gesture.