Zimbabwe new 2-dollar note (B192a) confirmed
2019-12-09
According to this report, the new 2- and 5-dollar notes are printed on Hybrid, a composite substrate from Giesecke & Devrient. Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…
Zimbabwe new 2- and 5-dollar notes (B192a, B193a) reported for introduction on 11.11.2019
2019-11-07
According to an article on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation dated 4 November 2019, the government has filed statutory instruments to allow the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to introduce new 2- and 5-dollar notes that are like the preceding bond notes issued in 2016, but without the words BOND NOTE at upperRead More…
Zimbabwe new 5-dollar bond note (B191a) confirmed
2017-03-07
B191 (P100): 5 dollars Purple and yellow. Front: English text; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; Zimbabwe bird on star as registration device. Back: English text; Zimbabwe bird on star; three giraffes; trees. Windowed security thread with demetalized RBZ. Watermark: Zimbabwe bird and vertical RBZ electrotype. Printer: (Unknown). 155Read More…
Zimbabwe new 10- and 20-dollar bond notes reported
2017-02-20
According to a News24 article dated 16 February 2017, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is supposedly planning to introduce new 10- and 20-dollar “bond” notes. This same article incorrectly indicates that 1- and 2-dollar bond notes were introduced in November 2016. In reality, only the 2-dollar note was issued lastRead More…
Zimbabwe bond notes reportedly “falling fast”
2017-02-14
On 14 February 2017, The Economist posted an excellent article entitled Zimbabwe’s new “bond notes” are falling fast that presents a first-hand look at how Mugabe’s new bond notes are actually being used in real life. It appears we may be seeing the seeds of a new round of inflationRead More…
Zimbabwe new 5-dollar bond note (B191a) reported
2017-02-12
From images circulating online, it appears the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has introduced a new 5-dollar bond note (B191a), several months after introducing a similar 2-dollar bond note (B190a). Courtesy of Jacek.Read More…
Zimbabwe new 2-dollar bond note (B190a) confirmed
2016-12-29
B190 (P99): 2 dollars Green and brown. Front: English text; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; Zimbabwe bird on star as registration device. Back: English text; Zimbabwe bird on star; Eternal Flame of Independence monument and Parliament House in Harare. Windowed security thread with demetalized RBZ. Watermark: Zimbabwe birdRead More…
Zimbabwe new 2- and 5-dollar bond notes introduced 28.11.2016
2016-11-28
BBC News has a great video here showing the new bond notes in use by the public in Zimbabwe. According to a press release dated 26 November 2016: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE INTRODUCTION OF BOND NOTESThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is pleased to advise the nation of the introduction ofRead More…
Zimbabwe newly discovered Cargill Cotton cheques deemed suspect
2016-11-07
In late 2016, cheques began to appear on the collector market in amounts from Z$5 million to Z$50 billion. These notes are suspect because the denominations greatly exceed amounts needed during 2003 and 2004, the dates on these cheques, when the largest Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe travellers cheque (B118) wasRead More…
Zimbabwe prepares for issuance of bond notes by end of 2016
2016-11-02
According to an article in The Herald dated 1 November 2016, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has gazetted Statutory Instrument 133 of 2016, providing the legal framework for the introduction of bond notes and coins as legal tender. The new currency is expected to circulate at par with the US dollarRead More…