Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note
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HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.
ADVERTISEMENT The new note will go into circulation on Monday, the bank said in a statement cited by state media, joining about half a dozen new high denomination notes already issued this year.
In January, a 10-million-dollar note was issued, then a 50-million-dollar note in April. In May, notes for 100 million and 250 million dollars were issued, swiftly followed by those for five billion, 25 billion and 50 billion.
The southern African nation, currently gripped by a post-election crisis, has been ravaged by hyperinflation which shot up from 165,000 percent in February to 2.2 million in June.
Independent economists however believe the official inflation figure is grossly understated, estimating it could be running between 10 million and 15 million percent.
Zimbabwe's chronic economic crisis has left at least 80 percent of the population living below the poverty threshold and mass shortages of basic goods in shops.
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Talk about banana notes.
Where's the evil banana?
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lol!
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wa.
Den the Zimbabwe de dollars will be..like worthless if this goes on.
Reminds of the german inflation in 1923.
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toilet paper think more ex den money....
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so troublesome for what... just cut 6 or 7 zero at the back of everything for tomolo can already what...
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even worse than maple story mesoes.
1 million meso > 1 million zimbabwe dollars. Pathetic.
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on the bright side, almost everyone is a millionaire in zimbabwe
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u mean billionaire??
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Originally posted by weewee:
even worse than maple story mesoes.
1 million meso > 1 million zimbabwe dollars. Pathetic.
not really bah.
Maple 1 mil mesos around SGD $0.60 ~ $1.00 ($0.60 if u buy from seller who sell in bulk)
1 million Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) around SGD $0.67.
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but if go cash exchange dun think they will let u exchange without getting some commission right...
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Originally posted by freedom4ever:
not really bah.
Maple 1 mil mesos around SGD $0.60 ~ $1.00 ($0.60 if u buy from seller who sell in bulk)
1 million Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) around SGD $0.67.
Nope. Now 1 USD (1.35 SGD) = 27 Billion ZWD
0.60 SGD = 1 m. mesos = 12 Billion ZWD
1 meso = 12,000 ZWD
If your mum comes in to nag you for playing Maple, you can tell her "Ma, I'm earning millions every minute. Don't disturb me."
Monday, July 21, 2008
1 US Dollar = 27,301,616,030 Zimbabwe Dollar
1 Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) = 0.00000000 US Dollar (USD)
Median price = 26998616030 / 27301616030 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 26997000000 / 27300000000
Maximum price = 27002000000 / 27305000000
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Originally posted by darkensun:
toilet paper think more ex den money....
I think if it inflates further, you can use them as incense papers liao.
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Originally posted by LatecomerX:
Nope. Now 1 USD (1.35 SGD) = 27 Billion ZWD
0.60 SGD = 1 m. mesos = 12 Billion ZWD
1 meso = 12,000 ZWD
If your mum comes in to nag you for playing Maple, you can tell her "Ma, I'm earning millions every minute. Don't disturb me."
Monday, July 21, 2008
1 US Dollar = 27,301,616,030 Zimbabwe Dollar
1 Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) = 0.00000000 US Dollar (USD)
Median price = 26998616030 / 27301616030 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 26997000000 / 27300000000
Maximum price = 27002000000 / 27305000000
FXConverter - Currency Converter for 164 Currencies164 Currency Converter © 1997-2008 by OANDA.com.Source: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
my bad. maybe the 1 i use outdated liao.
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change all to Zimbabwean coins and sell as scrap metal ?
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Careful.... a zimbawean kid can calculate complex arithmetic that would make a rocket scientist cower in shame.
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Zimbawe
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Where can you get zimbabwe money in Singapore?
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This is good decision. Otherwise have to carry a suitcase of notes to buy a piece of butter.
