Comments on: New Note from Africa http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ZARk http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593462 ZARk Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:37:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593462 aren't those the OLD notes ? the ones for 2008 think this year they said 1 Trillion $ = 1 $ aren’t those the OLD notes ?
the ones for 2008

think this year they said 1 Trillion $ = 1 $

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593384 Jägermeister Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:37:57 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593384 Perhaps Arnold should buy one and bail out California? Perhaps Arnold should buy one and bail out California?

]]> By: Martin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593357 Martin Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:21:03 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593357 I think the reason the bill shows a pile of rocks is because it reflects the fact that their economy has hit "rock bottom". I think the reason the bill shows a pile of rocks is because it reflects the fact that their economy has hit “rock bottom”.

]]> By: Russ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593209 Russ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:08:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593209 You can get the set of 4 notes: 10 trillion - 100 trillion from here for $38: http://www.eurocollections.com/store/product.asp?id=5107 You can get the set of 4 notes: 10 trillion – 100 trillion from here for $38:
http://www.eurocollections.com/store/product.asp?id=5107

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593194 pedro Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593194 #22 And a show on what an ignorant populace can do to itself. #22 And a show on what an ignorant populace can do to itself.

]]> By: Johnny Platypus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593120 Johnny Platypus Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593120 These were also offered for sale at a recent (Sept) Long Beach, California coin show. The dealer had multiple bundles of 100 notes offered wholesale to other dealers for $125 per bundle. The notes, unlike earlier Zimbabwe "dollars," have no expiration date on them. They came out in the last half of '08 with a local exchange value of approx. US$80, or so I have been told. The value went to zero within weeks. Now they are shipped over here for what they'll bring as novelties. Consider them as historic reminders of the vast devastation and suffering caused by government-organized theft of wealth from its populace. These were also offered for sale at a recent (Sept) Long Beach, California coin show. The dealer had multiple bundles of 100 notes offered wholesale to other dealers for $125 per bundle. The notes, unlike earlier Zimbabwe “dollars,” have no expiration date on them. They came out in the last half of ’08 with a local exchange value of approx. US$80, or so I have been told. The value went to zero within weeks. Now they are shipped over here for what they’ll bring as novelties. Consider them as historic reminders of the vast devastation and suffering caused by government-organized theft of wealth from its populace.

]]> By: wirelessg http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593115 wirelessg Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:29:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593115 Zimbabweopoly money? Zimbabweopoly money?

]]> By: Winston http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-2/#comment-1593103 Winston Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:14:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593103 "I didn’t knew Zimbabwe had George W. Bush’s portrait on their One Hundred Trillion Dollars." Dumb as a pile of rocks. That's great! “I didn’t knew Zimbabwe had George W. Bush’s portrait on their One Hundred Trillion Dollars.”

Dumb as a pile of rocks. That’s great!

]]> By: Misanthropic Scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593095 Misanthropic Scott Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:51:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593095 If that's only $5, I'd expect a 5x10^14, a 1x10^15 and even possibly a 2x10^15 note. The last would be equivalent to a C note here. I don't imagine I'll be going through Zimbabwe again anytime soon. It was a lot more stable when I went through, with a stop at Vic Falls, on my way to Botswana in 1998. If that’s only $5, I’d expect a 5×10^14, a 1×10^15 and even possibly a 2×10^15 note. The last would be equivalent to a C note here.

I don’t imagine I’ll be going through Zimbabwe again anytime soon. It was a lot more stable when I went through, with a stop at Vic Falls, on my way to Botswana in 1998.

]]> By: Rich http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593072 Rich Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:42:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593072 Well, he USED to have a pocketful of them, but he used them up...one by one. Well, he USED to have a pocketful of them, but he used them up…one by one.

]]> By: Mr Diesel http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593042 Mr Diesel Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:19:19 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593042 If this Congress and President keep spending like an aircraft carrier full of drunken sailors you won't be able to buy a cup of coffee with a wheelbarrow full of US notes in this denomination. Hope and Change (for a 100 trillion note) Thanks Obomba If this Congress and President keep spending like an aircraft carrier full of drunken sailors you won’t be able to buy a cup of coffee with a wheelbarrow full of US notes in this denomination.

Hope and Change (for a 100 trillion note)

Thanks Obomba

]]> By: LibertyLover http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593032 LibertyLover Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:22:11 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593032 #8, You're being too kind. There is more than one rock in the picture. #8, You’re being too kind. There is more than one rock in the picture.

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593027 pedro Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:38:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593027 #10 No, their good fortune god. #10 No, their good fortune god.

]]> By: deowll http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1593005 deowll Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:07:28 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1593005 Wait a few years. At the rate we are going you may well be able to get one in US currency and still not have enough money to buy a cup of coffee. Did you know that every American now owes over $300,000? Your share of what the US government has borrowed and it's growing fast. Wait a few years. At the rate we are going you may well be able to get one in US currency and still not have enough money to buy a cup of coffee.

Did you know that every American now owes over $300,000? Your share of what the US government has borrowed and it’s growing fast.

]]> By: Smart Ass http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/10/22/new-note-from-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1592994 Smart Ass Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:34:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=60856#comment-1592994 Does anyone know if this is available on eBay? Does anyone know if this is available on eBay?

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