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10 Yuan - Hell Bank Note
| Issuer | Tiandi Banks Co., Ltd |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Size | 170 x 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of a bearded imperial deity in ornate ceremonial robes and headdress at right, with a smaller matching portrait vignette at left; central underprint carries the numeral 10 within a guilloche rosette above the Chinese characters 拾圓 and a rose motif. Multicolour printing on a light blue ground with dense decorative border patterns. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a mountainous landscape rendered in green intaglio-style print, occupying the majority of the face; a portrait of an imperial deity in green tones appears at right. Issuer name in Chinese and English is printed across the top, with the denomination numeral 10 at lower left and the date 2007年 at lower right. |
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Hell Bank Notes are liturgical objects manufactured for burning at funerals and ancestral rites in Chinese religious practice — the smoke is believed to transmit the notes to the deceased in the afterlife. They are not currency in any legal or historical sense, and Tiandi Banks Co., Ltd. is a commercial printer of ritual goods, not a financial institution.
This item falls outside the scope of a numismatic catalog. No auction record, Pick listing, or credentialed reference work treats hell money as collectible banknotes.