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3. Zimbabwe's inflation got so bad, they printed a 100 trillion dollar bill as currency

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:42 AM

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Zimbabwe's inflation got so bad, they printed a 100 trillion dollar bill as currency

It is worth more as a collectible than as money.

And there is no shortage of them as a collectible.

Zimbabwe 100 trillion dollar note.

https://thefinanser.com/2013/07/zimbabwes-currency-crisis-and-the-100-trillion-dollar-note.html/

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