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$50,000,000,000 Note!

Funny and sad at the same time.

"Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread -- as a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiraling inflation.

The country's acting finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, made the announcement in a government gazette released Saturday.

Although Chinamasa did not give the date on which the $50 billion and new $20 billion notes would come into circulation, an official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said the notes would be distributed to all banks by the end of Monday.

Zimbabwe is grappling with hyperinflation now officially estimated at 231 million percent, and its currency is fast losing its value. As of Friday, one U.S. dollar was trading at around ZW$25 billion.

When the government issued a $10 billion note just three weeks ago, it bought 20 loaves of bread. That note now can purchase less than half of one loaf."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/afric...ency/index.html

I want to get one just for fun. I would guess there are trillionaires in that country!

I was going to go to one of the banks and see if they had any Zimbabwean money...but i'm guessing that none of them do.

But I would definitely be interesting in getting my hands on a $50 billion dollar note.

I was interesting in getting one when the $10 billion notes came out. Maybe I'll check eBay.