Comments on: Over 1.2 billion served http://tjic.com/?p=10110 Rope! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: HTRN http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170112 HTRN Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:20:43 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170112 There's a couple of 100 billion dollar notes on Ebay right now, some as low as 9 bucks. There’s a couple of 100 billion dollar notes on Ebay right now, some as low as 9 bucks.

]]> By: Noah D http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170091 Noah D Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:49:59 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170091 I've got an old Weimar-era 5 million mark bill floating around my house somewhere. I think a 100 billion dollar Zimbabwean bill would be a nice complement. I’ve got an old Weimar-era 5 million mark bill floating around my house somewhere. I think a 100 billion dollar Zimbabwean bill would be a nice complement.

]]> By: HTRN http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170087 HTRN Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:37:30 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170087 People are starting to collect the ludicrously high denominations of some Zimbabwean bills - who wouldn't like a 50 million dollar bill? :) People are starting to collect the ludicrously high denominations of some Zimbabwean bills – who wouldn’t like a 50 million dollar bill? :)

]]> By: Noah D http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170082 Noah D Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:45:56 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170082 [quote comment="170015"]it's a whole lot worse now.[/quote] <a href="http://www.aol.com.au/news/story/Zimbabweans-battle-money-shortages-as-collectors-buy-hundred-billion-dollar-notes-on-eBay/756291/index.html">1.2 quadrillion for a laptop.</a> [quote comment="170015"]it’s a whole lot worse now.[/quote]

1.2 quadrillion for a laptop.

]]> By: K. M. Hagen http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170052 K. M. Hagen Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:37:18 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170052 Yup. When a state's banknotes have an <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Zimbabwe_%24100m_2008_Obverse.jpg">expiry date printed on them</a>, its monetary policy might need some tweaking. Yup. When a state’s banknotes have an expiry date printed on them, its monetary policy might need some tweaking.

]]> By: Jered http://tjic.com/?p=10110&cpage=1#comment-170015 Jered Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:06:49 +0000 http://tjic.com/?p=10110#comment-170015 Note that receipt is from March... it's a whole lot worse now. Zimbabwe, and Mugabe especially, are fascinating in a train-wreck sort of way. The level of absurdity has gone beyond anything I thought could exist outside of fiction. Note that receipt is from March… it’s a whole lot worse now.

Zimbabwe, and Mugabe especially, are fascinating in a train-wreck sort of way. The level of absurdity has gone beyond anything I thought could exist outside of fiction.

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