Zimbabwe Dollar is a card from OPP Series 1 - Orange Pill In A Pack, part of Bitcoin Trading Cards, a collector line that borrows its scarcity model straight from crypto. Across the set's parallels it appears in 2 variants. It is card 23 of 65 in the set.
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ZIMBABWE 100 TRILLION DOLLAR BILL. DUE TO RELENTLESS MONEY PRINTING AND POLITICAL TURMOIL, ZIMBABWE EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF HYPERINFLATION SPANNING A FEW DECADES THAT CULMINATED IN 2008 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 100,000,000,000,000 BANKNOTE. CURRENCY IN ZIMBABWE WAS SO DEVALUED THAT YOU NEEDED A BIG STACK OF HIGH DENOMINATION BILLS TO BUY A LOAF OF BREAD, WHEREAS ONLY A FEW SHORT YEARS EARLIER YOU COULD BUY A LOAF OF BREAD FOR LESS THAN ONE ZIMBABWE DOLLAR! AT ONE STAGE A HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLAR NOTE WOULD NOT EVEN COVER A BUS FARE. DUE TO CONTINUING HYPERINFLATION, THE ZIMBABWE DOLLAR WAS DISCONTINUED AND TRANSACTIONS ARE NOW MADE IN VARIOUS OTHER FOREIGN CURRENCIES. "THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS PEOPLE. IT IS PEOPLE, NOT CAPITAL OR RAW MATERIALS THAT DEVELOP AN ECONOMY." - PETER DRUCKER
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