The guardian has quite an interesting article on this today. Check out these exchange rate figures against the UK pound. Numbers so big you can't get your head round them. Life must be impossible for the ordinary folks out there.

Official
July 2008 Z$60,000 = £1
Black market
1983 Z$2 (official, no black market)
2000 Z$100
2004 Z$10,000
July 2006 Z$1m
August 2006 Central bank removes three zeros, making Z$1,000 worth Z$1. Rapid devaluation continues.
Sept 2006 Z$3,000 = £1
Sept 2007 Z$1.2m
Dec 2007 Z$2m
March 2008 Z$40m
April Z$200m
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The guardian has quite an interesting article on this today. Check out these exchange rate figures against the UK pound. Numbers so big you can't get your head round them. Life must be impossible for the ordinary folks out there.

Official
July 2008 Z$60,000 = £1
Black market
1983 Z$2 (official, no black market)
2000 Z$100
2004 Z$10,000
July 2006 Z$1m
August 2006 Central bank removes three zeros, making Z$1,000 worth Z$1. Rapid devaluation continues.
Sept 2006 Z$3,000 = £1
Sept 2007 Z$1.2m
Dec 2007 Z$2m
March 2008 Z$40m
April Z$200m
May 1 Z$400m
June 1 Z$2bn
June 15 Z$15bn
July 1 Z$100bn
July 15 Z$500bn
July 18 Z$1tn (Z$1,000,000,000,000)
23 July Z$1.5tn. In terms of the pre-2006 Z$, before three zeros were removed, £1 is now worth Z$1,300,000,000,000,000