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50 000 000 000 000 - Hell Bank Note
| Issuer | 天地銀行有限公司 (Heaven and Earth Bank Limited) |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Teal guilloche underprint with a large vignette of the Jade Emperor in imperial robes and ceremonial crown at right, a smaller bust portrait at upper left. Denomination numerals in red at centre and lower left, Chinese inscription at foot. Serial number in red at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 天地銀行有限公司 500000億 伍拾萬億 天地通用銀行 天地通用幣紙 |
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Hell Bank Notes are ceremonial paper offerings burned at funerals and ancestor worship rituals in Chinese religious practice, intended to transfer wealth to the deceased in the afterlife. They are not currency, have never been legal tender, and were never intended to circulate among the living. The astronomical denomination — fifty trillion — reflects a folk theology of abundance rather than any hyperinflationary episode.
The "Heaven and Earth Bank Limited" issuer name is a modern commercial fiction; no such institution is chartered anywhere.