my notes the same colour as these but with 50 mill on it
[Edited on 2-10-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]
What he didnt say was its zim dollars
my notes the same colour as these but with 50 mill on it
[Edited on 2-10-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]
Spend it quick, it'll be worthless in 10mins
it would be quite funny if that currency suddenly (admittedly rather unlikely) gained in valuable against the US dollar, Africa could end up buying the entire planet.
When we handed Zimbabwe to Mugabe, the Zim dollar was 1:1 with the USD.... How times change!
are they still printing both sides ?
in germany (1929) it got so bad that they stopped printing the backs to save time before they were worthless - I think eventually they were worth more
as paper than what was printed on them
[Edited on 2/10/08 by mcerd1]
quote:
Originally posted by twybrow
When we handed Zimbabwe to Mugabe, the Zim dollar was 1:1 with the USD.... How times change!
Flip im off to see if they will take it
That's because it was devalued a couple of months back so that 10 billion 'old' dollars became 1 'new' dollar. The notes above are the old ones and 100 billion was probably worth about 1p or something.
A South African friend of mine went to Zimbabwe last year, taking with him an old $5 Zimbabwe note. He gave it to a petrol station attendant who just
giggled. He was then asked "Can I take this home to my son? He doesn't believe that Zimbabwian money ever came in units less than
$1,000,000.
On the other hand, Zimbabwe is the richest country on Earth by one key measure, the proportion of the population who are millionaires.
quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
That's because it was devalued a couple of months back so that 10 billion 'old' dollars became 1 'new' dollar. The notes above are the old ones and 100 billion was probably worth about 1p or something.
50 meeelion dollars?
50 million from your Dad.... and you're into Locosts!
You tight git!!!
but could the exchange rate pick up in years to come?
i always wondered if this could be a cheap and low risk (lorisk? lol) er, 'investment'?
I went to Poland back in the early 90's and they had a similar problem with the Zlot. When we approached the border point there was a little old
lady sitting outside selling baskets, and I didn't think twice.
We went inside, changed £300 for Zlots, and the exchange rate was 16,000:1 so we walked out with 4.8 million zlots! Our first purchase was a basket
to carry the cash round in!
The petrol stations just had stencilled zeros after the counter!
We've still got some of the Zlots, which we use when playing Monopoly! It's much more satisfying playing Monopoly for real money!
Mike
and the zlotty is now 4 to the £...how times have changed
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Originally posted by theconrodkid
and the zlotty is now 4 to the £...how times have changed
Ah guys some of you got me thinking.......Yes it is worth money on EBAY 10 quid a note
[Edited on 2-10-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]
Wonder if they have the equivalent of 'Pound' shops in Zimbabwe: '$100 million dollar' shop doesn't quite have the same
catchy ring to it!
[Edited on 3/10/08 by Phil.J]