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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi.  I bought a $100 trillion dollar Zimbabwe note for $5AU ($5.62US) including postage and it is in mint condition. I didn't think about what the value of the note actually is because the note really interested me. Was it a good purchase and what is the value of the note? Here are some pics...   |
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
When I lived in Botswana in the early nineties, 100 trillion Zim dollars was worth about 500 billion pula or 250 billion US dollars. I think it's worth a little less now.
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Moderator
 Australia
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AU$5 is a fair price I think. I bought one from a dealer for AU$10.
As for "face value", all those zeroes on their money was starting to embarrass them, so Zimbabwe lopped twelve zeroes off their dollar in Feb 2009; the face value equivalent of these notes is therefore only 10 "new Zimbabwe cents", or three-hundredths of an Australian cent at current official rates.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
 Australia
126 Posts |
Thanks a lot for the information Sap. I was interested in this note because of the amount of zeros.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1684 Posts |
I agree what you paid was a good price. I purchased one in the UK for £3.20 which is around $5.12.
The 100 million cost me £1.26, 100 billion with 1 dollar note for £1.27.
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
We got some in at work today and I found it interesting so the boss gave me one.
We will be selling them for $5 U.S. at work though so you did just fine.
Great conversation pieces.
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New Member
Egypt
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I believe it is a good price.
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Moderator
Australia
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As for "face value", all those zeroes on their money was starting to embarrass them, so Zimbabwe lopped twelve zeroes off their dollar in Feb 2009; the face value equivalent of these notes is therefore only 10 "new Zimbabwe cents", or three-hundredths of an Australian cent at current official rates. Apparently, I can't count - if you lop 12 zeroes off this note, you actually get New Zim$100, which equates to about 30 Australian cents at official rates. Sorry about that.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
its cash value is essentially nothing at the moment since the currency has been suspended by the government.
5 dollars is ok, the prices have fluctuated a bit over time but I suspect they will stay around 5 for some time to come
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1523 Posts |
You could stand up to Bill Gates and say"Excuse me Bill, mind getting me a drink?I'm a Gazillionaire by the way.How about you?"
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Valued Member
United States
117 Posts |
I just got one of these from ebay for $2.99 w/ shipping, and it also included a new (not pictured) Iraqi 50 dinar note. So I don't know the condition of the dinar note, but I was mainly interested in the Zimbabwe note. I just think it's neat. |
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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When I first got my Yugoslavian 10,000,000,000 dinara note I took it to my local bar and ordered a round for everyone in the place (it was a quiet night). I then gave the landlord the note saying "I'm sorry but I haven't got anything smaller!" Everyone thought it very funny but him.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Its a fair price as you don't get much for little money these days, and its a great conversation piece.....My bank loved it when I asked for change
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
3660 Posts |
Super neat note. I've got to get one if I can afford it.
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Pillar of the Community
3660 Posts |
I was so impressed with your note lilaznkev1n, that I had to get one of my own. I also got the one dollar note for contrast.   |
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Posted 01/06/2010 8:25 pm
