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10 000 000 000 000 000 Hell Bank Note
| Issuer | Hell Bank |
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| Shape | Rectangular (Rice paper) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the Jade Emperor rendered in red ink appears in small format to the left and in large format to the right. Denomination numeral and serial number DG-22939 are printed in the lower and upper areas respectively. The overall design is executed in letterpress on thin rice paper. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10000000000000000 DG-22939 |
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Hell Bank Notes are votive offerings burned at Chinese funerals and ancestral ceremonies so that the deceased receive wealth in the afterlife — a practice rooted in folk religion blending Taoist and Buddhist traditions. The issuing "bank" is entirely fictional, the denominations pure theatre, and the astronomical face value is simply intended to impress the spirits. No monetary authority, living or dead, backs them.
Rice paper is used precisely because it burns cleanly and completely.