CHINESE LARGE HELL BANKNOTE - GOLD LEAF - SEE DESCRIPTION

FOLDED IN MIDDLE

THE TERM CAME INTO USE WHEN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES TOLD THE CHINESE PEOPLE THEY WOULD GO TO HELL IF THEY DID NOT FOLLOW CHRIST. SINCE THE CHINESE ONLY BELIEVED IN AFTERLIFE, THE TERM HELL BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE AFTERLIFE. NO COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A SET OF HELL NOTES. THESE NOTES HAVE NO MONETARY VALUE INSTEAD THEY ARE USED BY SOME CULTURES TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR AND TO VENERATE THEIR ANCESTORS. THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY SOME OF THE BEST EXAMPLES.  THE VERY LARGEST NOTE HAS GOLD LEAF SURROUNDING THE DEITY.

WIKIPEDIA: The notes are not an official form of recognized currency or legal tender since their sole intended purpose is to be offered as burnt offerings to the deceased as a solution to resolve their assumed monetary problems in the afterlife. This ritual has been practiced by the modern Chinese and across East Asia since the late 19th century.^[1] Early 20th century examples bore resemblance to minor commercial currency of the type issued by businesses across China until the mid-1940s.^[2]

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