Zimbabwe experienced a period of extreme hyperinflation between 2007 and 2008. The value of the Zimbabwe dollar plummeted rapidly, requiring the government to introduce banknotes with ever higher denominations, including notes as high as 100 billion dollars. By 2008, high denominations were needed to purchase even basic necessities, and the government eventually removed 10 zeros from the currency. However, inflation continued to rise severely, demonstrating the devastating impact of hyperinflation on the Zimbabwe economy and population during this period.

1. ZIMBABWE
INFLATION
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2. One 200,000 dollar note equals less than US $0.10 ce
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3. December 22nd 2007, a new note of 500,000 dollars introduced to the
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4. Next - 750,000 dolla
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5. January 2008 – a new note of 10 million dollars. baber(c)
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6. This US $10 dollar
note is 10 times
worth more than
the 10 million
dollars Zimbabwe note
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7. This guy is going to a supermarket.
The exchange rate is 25 million
Zimbabwe dollars for 1 US dollar.
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8. This mountain of cash is worth 100 US Dollars.
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9. The 50 Million dollar note is then introduced!
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10. Next is the 250 million dollar note !
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11. Sorry, how much is this t-shirt?
- It’s cheap, only about 3 billion dollars!
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12. May 2008 - a note of 500 million dollars is introduced!
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13. June 2008 - notes worth 25 and 50 billion dollars are printed.
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14. And finally – a 100 billion dollar note!
What can you buy for it? Well, 3 eggs for example.
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15. Paying the bill in a restaurant!
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16. In August, the government devalued the Zimbabwe dollar by removing 10 zeros
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17. However, inflation kept
going up and in
September 2008
for this amount of cash
you could only buy
4 tomatoes.
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18. And for this - a loaf of bread.
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19. And then it started all over again:
a 20,000 dollar note in Septemb
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20. Then came a 50,000 Dollar note…….The 500,000 and 1,000,000 (new currency) notes
have been released 11 November 2008 courtesy www.zimbabwesituation.com
The country's currency plunged to a new record low, trading at an average
Z$28,4 quadrillion to the US dollar and triggering massive price increases.
The hyperinflation is now estimated at over a quintillion percent, although no one
really knows.
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21. All of which explains this notice
in the toilets….

22. THE END
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