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100 Yuan - Hell Bank Note
| Issuer | 天地銀行有限公司 (Heaven and Earth Bank Limited) |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 天地银行有限公司 100 壹佰圆 100 天地通用紙幣 (Translation: 100 Heaven and Earth Bank Limited 100 One Hundred Yuan 100 Heaven and Earth Universal Currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 100 Primises to pay the bearer on domand at its offiec here HELL BANK NOTE 承天地董事會製 2001年 天地通用紙幣 (Translation: 100 100 Promises to pay the bearer on demand at its office here HELL BANK NOTE Manufactured by the Heaven and Earth Board of Directors 2001 Heaven and Earth Universal Currency) |
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Hell Bank Notes are ceremonial paper objects burned in Chinese folk religious practice to supply the deceased with currency in the afterlife — a tradition blending Buddhist and Taoist influences that long predates modern printed money. This piece is not legal tender and was never intended to circulate among the living. The issuer name, 天地銀行有限公司, is a standard fiction used across the industry; no such licensed bank exists.
Collectors occasionally acquire these for thematic or cultural study, but condition and scarcity have no meaningful bearing on value — they are produced in large quantities and sold in bulk for ritual use.