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10 000 000 000 000 000 - Hell Bank Note
| Issuer | 天地通用銀行 (Heaven and Earth Universal Bank) |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned vignette of a bearded Chinese imperial deity (Jade Emperor) in ceremonial robes and crown occupies the right half; a smaller matching portrait vignette appears at lower left. A large denomination numeral with guilloche-style wave underprint fills the centre, flanked by vertical Chinese inscriptions and a serial number in blue. |
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| Reverse lettering | 焚多積福 陸路通 辈辈发 誠心積德 鈔票經 洋票要念洋票經 張張洋票如文銀 洋票當中一尊佛 四四方方放光明 五金山上尊菩提 知王大帝摩訶西 南無阿彌陀佛 八面來財 大富大貴 天地通用紙幣 |
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Hell bank notes are votive offerings burned at funerals and ancestral rites across Chinese communities worldwide, intended to provide the deceased with spending money in the afterlife. The issuing "bank" printed on these notes is entirely fictitious — no such financial institution exists or is licensed anywhere. The denomination is meaningless by design; inflation in the afterlife, apparently, is severe.
These are not collectible banknotes in any numismatic sense. They appear in catalogs occasionally as curiosities or reference items, but they have no issued value, no central bank backing, and no monetary history worth documenting.