paper money physical forms incarnations dollar dollar replaced dollar par following proclamation independence issued types currency notes history including bearer short agricultural circulated september december issued emergency main illustration regular emergency bearer rocks emblem appeared reverse dollar notes illustrate culture landmarks second dollar replaced august dollar phased fourth dollar short notice february rapidly lost value economic trade sanctions imposed government difficult incorporate modern security features issued september originally planned dollar june dollar suspended april implying fourth dollar legal tender history issued dollar coincide independence notes replaced circulating par series ranged carried signature governor issued new series notes ranging withdrawn replaced coin rising inflation started affect purchasing power issued enhanced anti measures issued special traveller denominations ranging short lived general public identification required issue bearer usual banks levied commission fee september issued special bearer denominations ranging subsequent issues second dollars time limited lacked sophisticated anti measures heavily modern swiss half new denominations issued million planned september subsequently issued time limits ignored extended multiple meaning notes issues remained legal tender practice august august second dollar elaborate designs replaced dollar ratio operation sunrise heavily publicised banner zero hero rapid resulted people unable convert old bearer new issues lapse date governor said dollars denominations ranging million issued period august cent quickly second quarter special issued denominations ranging billion billion currency exchange rate floated functions similar bearer regular use prices continue rise carried time limits limited security features final months second dollar lowest legal tender decree despite having date extended twice lowest legal tender circulation dates currency enforced extension billion highest note legal tender munich based security ceased providing paper july response official request german government widespread calls sanctions software end user licence issued state owned terminated july similar reasons official press statement quoted facto impossible prevent software august dollar printed abandoned second phase replaced second dollar ratio billion bearer second dollar phased smaller denominations dollar january despite reform reserve bank issued high value denominations period september january merely kept similar pace cash rate instead black market rates february fourth dollar introduced replace dollar ratio originally envisaged dollar remain legal tender june withdrawn circulation following suspension dollar april paper money dollar near main artwork sides designs dollar notes design feature major landmarks landscapes fauna took hold end 20th century quality notes deteriorated printing plates previous issues printing emergency notes notes design gradually phased remaining notes dollar forcibly august series series series carried signature governor dated issued note issued notes bear salisbury capital changed april denominations series designs extensive use technique heavily relied 1980s dated issues differed little earlier took account renaming country capital salisbury error early runs pick bears salisbury capital city instead type issues rare later runs note pick corrected error dated second run taken governor series series refers series carried signature appointed governor august series bears new capital indifferent series date signature series august replaced governor carried signature referred series issued signature runs original designs dated run consisted denominations original profile angle short neck whilst second run consisted denominations bearing bird longer neck profile angle general design reviewed advancing technologies resulted release new denominations counter effects consumer price inflation peaked rocks retained features including imaging letters seen horizontally eye level identification marks visually impaired added design neck bird longer revised new designs whilst replaced coin year undergoing process august issued red main colour dated versions brown followed october sole difference variants notes pick serial number series series carried signature incumbent governor consisted dollar series regular dollar forced regular series use remaining legal tender theoretically august standard chartered series standard chartered series series emergency bearer issued title authorised legitimate issues valid months date issue currency notes dollar time limit carry signature company finance director operations director bearer series bearer series series emergency currency notes dollar circulation september withdrawal dollar august denominations issued september whilst denominations depicting reverse introduced october following august bearer originally scheduled december early bearer dated september bear signature acting governor remainder series bear signature appointed governor november paper money second dollar dollar august currency reform campaign operation sunrise involving motto zero hero new style bearer second dollar introduced replaced dollar ratio change process given short notice rapid issues prior august series rendered worthless august poor communications meant civilians unable convert old bearer new ones deadline bearer series bearer series circulation august initially consisted denominations ranging signed set july initially december later extended july issued despite widely publicised campaign variations issued denominations recognised standard catalog world paper money difference use digit grouping expressed bear serial numbers scarce prefix notes onwards expressed bearer series issued march introduction act denominations respectively inflation intensified bearer introduced august followed joint introduction denominations december bearer date lapse extended twice december use technique value positioned right december series note second dollar bear strip printed paper prepared notes pick circulation bearer series commenced january denominations ranging million million concluded issue million bearer denominations series remained legal tender ratio december variants million primary difference size serial number slightly larger serial numbers bear prefix million larger dimension rest series series issued agricultural july different design intention use farmers found way regular use parallel functions bearer rise food prices following currency reform bearer phased january denominations series dimensions billion note different paper billion largest second dollar sharing record number depicted yugoslav billion note january paper money dollar series prepared october abandoned second phase reinstated main feature whilst use continued additional security features opposed previous issues included security threads register marks recognition marks partially sighted security threads notes august occurred notes circulation dollar august december series circulated september april series demonstrated intensity period highest increased january largest issued issues series denominations followed following denominations large number denominations issued suspension paper supply affected ability maintain quality later denominations copied design features original series lacked modern security features major relied notes million onwards non paper whilst million notes printed pure cotton silhouette variable ink notes compensate strip dropped higher denominations notes reused paper notes pick carrying embedded thread types paper regular lined paper money fourth dollar dollar reformed february fourth dollar replaced dollar ratio original intention july series issued fourth dollar circulated february suspension dollar april series consisted denominations ranging notes revised design registration devices variable ink strip parts design recycled designs past issues plain space existed areas normally positioned replacement special allocated replacement follows collecting ability gained considerable interest community buyers general design examples notes sold excess true face value price value depend factors rarity based factors capital city long printed type condition national situation time issue shortages common designs variants note pick usually valued apiece rare varieties salisbury error note pick standard chartered issues valued usually sold dealers counter internet valued types theoretically qualify inclusion auction circulating fiscal emergency hard currency particularly united_states dollar long served parallel currency black market prices shops posted dollars periods illegal possess foreign currency business dollars unique form circulating fuel issued known denominations include litres petrol gasoline diesel translate roughly local petrol price pound sterling late businesses including reported paying employees currency currency printing standards crude rampant widespread use
Banknotes of Zimbabwe