Zimbabwe Introduces $100,000 Note

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"Last week I filled a single trolley with $30 million of groceries, and I had to count out 600 notes of $20,000 at the checkout counter," John Robertson, an economist, said.

Despite the economic gloom, he said that at least the new note "means when we go shopping, we don’t have to take a suitcase of money: we can carry it in a shoulder bag".



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