500000000 dollars
Zimbabwe · 2008
Issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on 2 May 2008 as a bearer cheque, valid on or before 31 December 2008 and signed by Governor Gideon Gono. The front is mostly text, with an emblem of balancing rocks on the left. The back shows a tigerfish leaping from the water beside the curved wall of the Kariba Dam. Later in 2008 the currency was revalued again, removing ten zeros.
What it boughtIn May 2008 the parallel rate rose from Z$190 million to Z$777.5 million per US dollar, so this note fell from about $2.60 to 64 cents.
- Ref
- 1832
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Issuer
- Zimbabwe
- Denomination
- 500000000 dollars
- Catalogue number
- Pick 60
- Date
- 2008 (printed on the note)
- Estimated value
- £0.83 to £1.35 · price guide: Numista
- Grade
- UNC (estimated from photos)
- Copies in the collection
- 1