The 50 billion dollar banknote

[Analoguesat]

How do you fancy finding one of these in your pay packet?

Believe it or not its virtually worthless! It being distributed in Zimbabwe and thanks to hyperinflation its already well out of date - the Zimbabwe government is just about to introduce a 100 trillion dollar banknote!

Last time the Zimbabwe inflation rate was officially recorded it was stated to be 231million percent

More info here:

_http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/zimbawe.currency/

 

[rolfw]

Now that's what you call a proper bank note.

 

[dig deep]

and You still need a few to buy a bread

 

[Salty25]

I think this says it all:

 

[Channel Hopper]

A trillion dollar note would probably sell better as a collectors item than the monetry value on the front, much like a colourful stamp.

 

[trigger]

A trillion dollar note would probably sell better as a collectors item than the monetry value on the front, much like a colourful stamp.

I thought about that - sell em on flea bay, who wouldn´t want a trillion dollar bill?????

 

[Analoguesat]

Zimbabwe has now abandoned its currency!

_http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7859033.stm

Teachers, doctors and civil servants have gone on strike complaining that their salaries - which equal trillions of Zimbabwean dollars - are not even enough to catch the bus to work each day.

A 40-year-old Zimbabwean primary school teacher from the capital Harare, told the BBC news website earlier this week it cost nearly US$2 a day to travel to work, but inflation had reduced the average teacher's wage to the equivalent of US$1 a month.

 

[2cvbloke]

Zimbabwe has now abandoned its currency!

_http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7859033.stm

Yep, seen it on the news, they're using anything but their own dollars!!!

Just goes to show that their dictator, sorry, president, is doing a poor job, not far off ours actually... ;)

 

[dig deep]

So, a trillion pound note is on it´s way ?

2 for a beer

 

[Analoguesat]

According to that BBC report link thgey knocked 10 zero's off the currency just last year