100 Yottalillion Dollars

Features

Pretended issuer	Zimbabwe › Zimbabwe (1980-date)
Issuing bank	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Type	Banknote-like items › Fantasy banknotes
Year	2008
Composition	Paper
Size	148 × 74 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	2008
Number	N# 461686

See 1 swap offers

View sale offers

Obverse

Chiremba Balancing Rocks in Matopos National Park and the elephant herd.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE
I promise to pay the bearer on demand
ONE HUNDRED
YOTTALILLION
DOLLARS
for the Republic of Zimbabwe
HARARE 2008
Dr. G. Gono
Governor
10^300000000000000000000003

Translation: REPÚBLICA DE ZIMBABUE. BANCO DE LA RESERVA DE ZIMBABUE. Prometo pagar al portador, a su requerimiento, CIEN MILLONES DE DÓLARES para la República de Zimbabue.

Reverse

The elephant herd in the forest.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE
10^300000000000000000000003
100 YOTTALILLION DOLLARS

Signature

Gideon Gono (GG), Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Comments

On April 18, 1980, when the new independent republic of Zimbabwe was born from the former British colony of Rhodesia, the Rhodesian dollar was eliminated by the Zimbabwean dollar, with exchange parity (1 old Rhodesian dollar equaled 1 Zimbabwean dollar).
Since the introduction of the land reforms in the early 1990s, hyperinflation and the collapse of the national economy have severely devalued the Zimbabwean dollar.
In 2006, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono, announced that the government had printed 21 trillion Zimbabwean dollars in order to acquire foreign currency to pay off debts owed to the International Monetary Fund.
Since then, many novelty banknotes with even higher, and sometimes imaginary, figures such as "Dumillion", “Zettalilion”, "Quadringentillion", “Myrillion” and “Yottalillion” were put into circulation, but they were worthless and were not printed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
The banknotes are often gold plated with gold foil and was made in plastic material.

Manage my collection

Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.

Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2008	GG

Get this item

A member of this site wants to exchange it: Maxdelin10

Numista Rarity index: 90 Search tips

This index is based on the data of Numista members collections. It ranges from 0 to 100, 0 meaning a very common coin or banknote and 100 meaning a rare coin or banknote among Numista members.

Discuss or ask a question