Zim money
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 14 2008 | By: zimbabwewilddogs
Hi folks,
Just a very quick post today to illustrate the crazy money situation we are now having to deal with here:
Zimbabwe notes - the 10 million note (the red one 6 from the left) was first out in April.
The highest note out at the moment, the $50 billion note, is worth about 1US$ on the black market and a lot less than that at the bank rate. A household mop (yes, a normal kitchen mop) now costs one point three trillion dollars - at the bank rate, that’s about US$75! But no point in worry about the prices of things anyway - since Germany have stopped supplying the paper to print the bank notes, there is no cash anyway… Even if there was something more exciting than a mop for sale - which there isnt.
Just a little glimpse into life in Zimbabwe… Back soon with a wild dog update,
Rosemary
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Rosemary Groom is a post-doctoral research scientist with the African Wildlife Conservation Fund -
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Donations Received
- Oct 14th Pirjo I. USD55.00
- Sep 30th Deborah S. USD5.50
- Sep 14th Pirjo I. USD33.00
- Sep 6th Pirjo I. USD33.00
- Sep 5th Rafael C. USD50.00
- Sep 4th Jerome G. USD110.00
- Aug 30th Deborah S. USD5.50
- Aug 26th Barbara S. USD22.00
- Aug 26th Pirjo I. USD44.00
- Aug 25th Christine C. USD25.00
- Aug 25th Anna M. USD40.00
- Aug 25th Wanda H. USD22.00
- Aug 10th Pirjo I. USD33.00
- Jul 30th Deborah S. USD5.50
- Jul 9th Ronan F. USD28.00
- Jun 30th William B. USD150.00
- Jun 30th Deborah S. USD5.50
- Jun 2nd Deborah S. USD5.50
- Jun 2nd Antonio C. USD77.00
- May 14th Tobin C. USD11.00
3 Responses to “Zim money”
Annie, Texas, on 14 Jul 2008
Wow..very interesting THANKS!
Christine C., on 14 Jul 2008
wow…that is crazy…how do you ever buy anything??
Darryl, on 25 Jul 2008
Have you thought about selling the zimbabwe dollars? I’d be willing to donate to your cause for some of the new zimbabwe notes, just as a novelty item… email me and let me know what you think!
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