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Zimbabwe gets $50 million bank note
 FYI for all you collectors out there... HARARE, Zimbabwe - How much does it cost for a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe? With inflation raging at more than 100,000 percent, a loaf costs 16 million Zimbabwe dollars. Now, Zimbabweans can buy three loaves with only one bank note. Authorities on Friday introduced a new 50 million bank note, state media reported. Well, isn't that, I dunno...efficient? It was the third time in three months that the nation's central bank issued a higher denomination note in response to record inflation. Do we have any of those WIN buttons in storage in some dusty GAO warehouse we could send them? (This version corrects price of bread to 16 million Zimbawean dollars, not 50 million.) Give it a few weeks... Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-04 |
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