Mugabe out?

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Re: Mugabe out?

Post by Paul Waine » Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:45 pm

If it be your will wrote: I actually bought one of these notes on ebay about 5 years ago, for about 2 quid. Looks like its value is appreciating again.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZIMBABWE-UNC ... SwULNZg1az" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Worth about 50 loaves these days.
Paul Waine wrote:I wonder if the media is bidding for their own copy of the One Hundred Trillion Zimbabwe Dollar note - and we will soon see a copy shown on TV or the print media?

Or, perhaps someone is being sent to Harare on assignment - and is trying to get some currency ahead of their trip?
Seems like I was right - BBC using a picture of One Hundred Trillion Zimbabwe Dollar note as intro to story on website: Zimbabwe: 10 numbers that will help you understand what's actually going on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42013720" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, an update on the exchange rate when Zimbabwe abandoned its own currency: BBC "The country was forced to abandon its own currency a year later at a rate of Z$35 quadrillion to US$1."

What is a "quadrillion?" I guess it's 1,000 trillion: million, billion, trillion, quadrillion.....

Hope Zimbabwe can sort things out without too much violence for the population.

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