supra_aero Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 http://www.aol.com.au/news/story/Zimbabweans-battle-money-shortages-as-collectors-buy-hundred-billion-dollar-notes-on-eBay/756291/index.html this can't be real can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 As real as it was last week http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=157011&highlight=dollar+note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 IIRC the highest banknote ever made was in Hungary and it was an Octillion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 As real as it was last week http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=157011&highlight=dollar+note lol - my first 'repost' in 750 posts. It had to come to me.. I tried to search I really did EDIT, it was 500 million dollar note at that thread. This is 100 biLLiOn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 IIRC the highest banknote ever made was in Hungary and it was an Octillion how do they compute simple transactions. Shopping bills must be astronomically high numerically. A house in Zimbabwe is worth quadrillions (15 zeros!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
and1c Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Staggering. Mugabe should be shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Given that it is probably worth 2p, you could buy a few and use them as loo paper just to be posh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 sales for wheel barrows must be going through the roof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 how do they compute simple transactions. Shopping bills must be astronomically high numerically. A house in Zimbabwe is worth quadrillions (15 zeros!). Z$1,000,000,000,000,000.00 = £26.8k £1 = Z$37,301,924,433.10 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 sales for wheel barrows must be going through the roof! I shouldn't laugh really - love your avtar as well. Makes for great emails too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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