1000 Yuan Central Bank of China

The 1945 date places this note in the final chaotic stretch of Nationalist currency management, when the Central Bank was printing at volumes it could not steward. Inflation had been accelerating since the early 1940s under wartime financing pressures, and the jump to 1,000-yuan denominations — unthinkable before the war — reflected how badly the fabi's purchasing power had collapsed. By late 1945, even this face value was losing ground rapidly against market prices.

The Central Bank of China Printing Works handled production domestically. Given the logistical strains of the period, quality control across the series was inconsistent, and paper stock varied between print runs.