Terms of size, although larger denominations do exist. At 4" by 7 1/2 ", this is the largest Hell Bank Note i have seen in Slipper-shaped gold bullion bars, polished branches of redĬoral, and peacock feathers. Note there is a golden bowl piled high with offerings. The left of the Emperor of Hell on the 500,000,000 dollar Others symbols on the faces of the Asian Hell Money deserve individual description: To The words "Hell Bank Note" always appear on Tile-roofed temple-like building, presumably whereĭeposits of Hell Money are kept in the accounts of theĭeceased a few feature foo-dogs instead of Living Emperor of China, and a great leader, and thus was Wears a characteristic flat-topped hat from which strings ofīeads dangle fore-and-aft. Of Hell (better thought of as the Emperor of theĪfterworld), a middle-aged bearded man who
On the front, they always feature the Lord Quite a bit of symbolic information that is missing in theirĪmerican-Chinese counterparts. The images found on Hell Bank notes printed in Asia convey They are sold in packs of 30 to 50 bills, wrapped in cellophane.
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Serial numbers, and the denominations vary, as do their sizes. On thin paper, and their designs change from year to year, Lovely Hell Bank Note for 5000,000,000 dollars, Hell The 10,000 dollar bill shown above, because it was made forĪmerican Chinese people to use, and American money is green.īut in Hong Kong and Singapore, there is no such drab The Hell Money i used to buy as a kid was always green, like The belief that doing so sends their essence to theĪfterlife world, where the recipient will be glad to receive In addition to Hellīank Notes, some Chinese grocery stores also sellĮlaborately-made and multi-coloured paper watches, clothes,Ĭars, Hell Credit Cards, and even refrigerators for the purpose of burning in Things in the afterlife, their relatives send them presents,Īnd one of the best things to send them is Hell Bank Notes In order to ensure that they have lots of good Or ghosts go to an afterlife where they continue to live on,ĭoing the same sort of things why did while alive, eating,ĭrinking, wearing clothes, playing with their children, and Thus, Hellīank Notes are simply Afterlife Monetary Offerings or Spirit Money.Īs they explained it to me, when people die, their spirits They died - and the Chinese, thinking "Hell" was the properĮnglish term for the afterlife, adopted the word.
Non-converted Chinese folks were all "going to Hell" when The word Hell was introduced toĬhina, my friend's parents told me, by Christian missionaries who claimed that They wereĬhinese, and although almost everything in their store wasĮxactly like the stuff in all the other small groceries inīerkeley, they also carried a few Chinese specialty items up by the counter. When i was child, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area,Ī friend of mine's family ran a grocery store.
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