250 Yuan Tung Pei Bank of China

The Tung Pei Bank of China was the primary currency authority for Manchuria under Chinese Communist administration, established in 1945 after Soviet forces expelled the Japanese. Its notes circulated in a region being actively contested between Nationalist and Communist forces throughout the civil war, and the 250 Yuan denomination sits in a series that used unconventional face values — a deliberate practical response to severe inflation rather than any standardized monetary planning.

By 1948, Communist forces under Lin Biao had effectively consolidated control of the Northeast, and Tung Pei currency was being absorbed into the nascent People's Bank system. Notes from this late period had short active lives.