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Zimbabwe Issues Half-Billion Dollar Bill

Monday May 26, 2008
Back in January, Zimbabwe made news when they issued a $10 million bill. Unfortunately inflation in that country is so rampant that they have now issued a $500 million bill, which is worth about U.S. $2 (1.25 euro). The BBC has the story.
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June 3, 2008 at 6:15 pm
(1) johnnyreb says:

Gee, I guess that makes everyone in Zimbabwe multi-millionaires huh?

June 5, 2008 at 9:44 pm
(2) Ian says:

And I have a Z$10 bill! It was worth over US$1 in it’s day. And to think that a few zeros were taken off the money a couple of years ago. That 500 mill note would be worth 500 billion.

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