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3 000 000 - Hell Banknote
| Issuer | Hell Bank (冥通銀行) |
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| Size | 120 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue-toned print on brown paper stock with a scalloped guilloche outer border. A cloud-shaped vignette at left bears the numeral denomination, while a multi-tiered Chinese temple pagoda occupies the right field. Chinese characters reading 地府通用鈔票 appear along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | HELL BANK NOTE E6486S 3000000 地府通用鈔票 |
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Hell Bank notes — joss paper printed to resemble currency and burned as offerings during Chinese funerary rites — have no issuing authority in any monetary sense. The "Hell Bank" imprint is a modern convention, loosely derived from traditional Chinese beliefs about a bureaucratic underworld economy. The denomination on this piece, three million, reflects the inflationary logic of the genre: larger numbers signal greater generosity to the deceased.
Not a banknote. Collectable as folk art or ritual ephemera, not as numismatic paper money.