Five Hundred Dollars' Hell Bank Note (bank note)

Description: Imitation banknote. The front is printed with a brown background, and two colored images, one of the Judge of Hell, the other of a yellow and orange Chinese Dragon. In the middle is a white box with various inscriptions inside. The back is printed green, with an image of several traditional Chinese buildings and surrounding landscape elements.
Inscriptions:
On front:
“The Heh Bank Corporation”
“FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS”
“HELL BANK IST 1998”
“By order of the Board ef Directors”
“GENERAL MANAGER”
500
HB5101988
'Yin Hang Du Ming' (in Chinese characters, 'Bank of Hell')
'Yu Bai Yuan' (in Chinese characters, 'five hundred yuan')

On back:
500
'Tian Di Tong Yong Yin Hang' (in Chinese characters, 'General Bank of Heaven')
'Lu lu fa' (In Chinese characters, lit. 'road road go')
'Tian Di Tong Yong Zhi Bi' (in Chinese characters, 'common paper currency of Heaven and Earth')

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