{"id":17240,"date":"2008-12-14T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test946983.live-website.com\/?p=17240"},"modified":"2020-01-24T01:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:18:19","slug":"zimbabwe-issues-new-200-and-500-million-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=17240","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe new 200- and 500-million dollar notes (B172a and B173a) confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">\n<div class=\"blog-entry-body\">On 14 December 2008, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced two new high-denomination notes.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26788\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1737\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f.jpg 1737w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f-1536x765.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f-465x232.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_f-695x346.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1737px) 100vw, 1737px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26789\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r.jpg 1737w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r-465x232.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_200000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B172a_P81_AA_0582089_r-695x347.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>B172<\/b> (P81): <b>200,000,000 dollars <\/b>(demonetized 30.09.2015)<\/p>\n<p>Brown. Front: English text; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; stylized grains and cow in underprint; Zimbabwe bird in OVI. Back: English text; Cathedral of St. Mary &amp; All Saints and Parliament House in Harare; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in National Heroes Acre in Harare. 7-mm wide iridescent stripe with repeating <i>RBZ.<\/i> No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (Fidelity Printers). 148 x 74 mm. Paper.<\/p>\n<p>a. 2008. Sig. 5: Gono. Intro: 12.12.2008.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1737\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f.jpg 1737w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f-1536x770.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f-465x233.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_f-695x349.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1737px) 100vw, 1737px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26791\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r.jpg 1738w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r-1536x771.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r-465x233.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_500000000_dollars_2008.00.00_B173a_P82_AA_0017915_r-695x349.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>B173<\/b> (P82): <b>500,000,000 dollars <\/b>(demonetized 30.09.2015)<\/p>\n<p>Purple. Front: English text; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; stylized grains and cow in underprint; Zimbabwe bird in OVI. Back: English text; workers milking cows; miner with jackhammer. 3-mm gold-to-green OVI stripe with repeating <i>RBZ.<\/i> No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (Fidelity Printers). 148 x 74 mm. Paper.<\/p>\n<p>a. 2008. Sig. 5: Gono. Intro: 12.12.2008.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 14 December 2008, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced two new high-denomination notes. B172 (P81): 200,000,000 dollars (demonetized 30.09.2015) Brown. Front: English text; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; stylized grains and cow in underprint; Zimbabwe bird in OVI. 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