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The 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar banknote (10 14 dollars), equal to 10 27 pre-2006 dollars. On 30 July 2008, the dollar was redenominated and given a new currency code of ZWR. [23] After 1 August 2008, 10 billion ZWN were worth 1 ZWR. [23] Coins valued at Z$5, Z$10 and Z$25 and banknotes worth Z$5, Z$10, Z$20, Z$100, and Z$500 were issued in ...
The obverse of the Zimbabwean $100 trillion banknote. Hyperinflationary Zimbabwean banknotes (such as the $100 trillion denomination) have gained considerable interest from the numismatic community and buyers in general for their absurdity rather than for their designs.
A third redenomination, producing the "fourth Zimbabwe dollar", occurred in February 2009, and dropped 12 more zeros from the currency. It was thus worth 10 trillion trillion original dollars, as the three redenominations together reduced the value of an original dollar by 10 3 × 10 10 × 10 12 = 10 25.
The government had previously floated various ideas to replace the Zimbabwe dollar, including introducing gold coins to stem inflation and even trying out a digital currency.
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The inflation and ensuing depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar is the result of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe increasing the money supply. [40] In February 2019, the broad money supply was Z$10.4 billion. By the end of 2022, it had swelled to Z$2.34 trillion.
The government printed a 100-trillion Zimbabwe dollar banknote to keep up with spiraling prices that saw a loaf of bread going for more than 500 million Zimbabwe dollars. John Mushayavanhu, the governor of Zimbabwe's central bank, has hyped the ZiG as a first step toward eventual de-dollarization.
The Zimbabwe dollar has come under sustained pressure in recent weeks, making it one of the world’s worst performing currencies. Zimbabwe introduces new currency as depreciation and rising ...