{"product_id":"zimbabwe-p-77-1000000-dollars-2008-vf-very-fine-plus-one-million-dollars","title":"Zimbabwe P-77 1000000 Dollars 2008 VF+ Very Fine Plus—One Million Dollars","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Obverse — blue and green with colour-shifting ink on the Zimbabwe Bird; reverse — brown and green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFront:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiremba_Balancing_Rocks\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChiremba Balancing Rocks\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matobo_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMatopos National Park\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe_Bird\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZimbabwe Bird\u003c\/a\u003e in colour-shifting ink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBack:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Enclosure\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConical Tower of Great Zimbabwe\u003c\/a\u003e ruins near \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masvingo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMasvingo\u003c\/a\u003e; cattle in a pasture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe_Bird\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZimbabwe Bird\u003c\/a\u003e; electrotype “1000”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eComposition:\u003c\/b\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 153 × 73 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/b\u003e Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/b\u003e Fidelity Printers and Refiners, Harare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYes\u003c\/a\u003e — 30 September 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/b\u003e Gov. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Gono\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGideon Gono\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean_dollar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZimbabwe Third Dollar\u003c\/a\u003e (ZWR, 2007–2008)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReferences:\u003c\/b\u003e P-77; TBB B168\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Zimbabwe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCapital:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harare\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarare\u003c\/a\u003e — city pop. ~1.5 million; metro pop. ~2.8 million\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/b\u003e ~16.7 million (UN 2024) — between Pennsylvania and New York, or similar to the Netherlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArea:\u003c\/b\u003e 390,757 km² (150,872 mi²) — roughly the size of Montana or Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e ~$3,200 USD (IMF 2024) — ranks ~170th out of 193 globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/b\u003e Gold, tobacco, platinum, chrome, diamonds, ferrochrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBorders:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZambia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMozambique\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Botswana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBotswana\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shona_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShona\u003c\/a\u003e (~70%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ndebele_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNdebele\u003c\/a\u003e (~20%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean_English\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e (~2.5% first language; official and educational lingua franca), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalanga_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKalanga\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonga_language_(Zambia_and_Zimbabwe)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTonga\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venda_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVenda\u003c\/a\u003e and others (~8%) — 16 co-official languages under the 2013 constitution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKingdom of Zimbabwe\u003c\/a\u003e and successor states — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreat Zimbabwe\u003c\/a\u003e flourished 11th–15th centuries as a major trading empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutapa_state\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMutapa state\u003c\/a\u003e (c. 1430–1760) — controlled gold trade routes to the Indian Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortuguese and Arab trade contact (16th–17th centuries)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ndebele_kingdom\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNdebele Kingdom\u003c\/a\u003e (1838–1894) — established by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mzilikazi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMzilikazi\u003c\/a\u003e after breaking from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulu_Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZulu Kingdom\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_South_Africa_Company\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBritish South Africa Company\u003c\/a\u003e rule (1890–1923) — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cecil_Rhodes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCecil Rhodes\u003c\/a\u003e colonises the territory as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Rhodesia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouthern Rhodesia\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish Crown Colony \/ self-governing colony (1923–1965)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence_(Rhodesia)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnilateral Declaration of Independence\u003c\/a\u003e (1965–1979) — white-minority \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhodesia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRhodesia\u003c\/a\u003e under \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Smith\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIan Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lancaster_House_Agreement\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLancaster House Agreement\u003c\/a\u003e (1979–1980) — transition to majority rule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepublic of Zimbabwe (1980–date) — independence under \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mugabe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRobert Mugabe\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Zimbabwean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emilitary coup\u003c\/a\u003e removes Mugabe in 2017; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmerson_Mnangagwa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmmerson Mnangagwa\u003c\/a\u003e in power — \u003ci\u003ethis note issued during this period\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eZimbabwe Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis note — one million dollars — was worth less than one US dollar when it was printed in November 2008. Within weeks of its issue, Zimbabwe's monthly inflation hit 79.6 billion percent, making it the most extreme hyperinflation in recorded history. The Reserve Bank responded by issuing ever-larger denominations: 10 million, 100 million, 1 billion, 10 billion, 100 billion — all within months. The currency was eventually abandoned entirely in 2009.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreat Zimbabwe\u003c\/a\u003e — on the reverse of this note — was built without mortar. Its walls, some 11 metres high and 5 metres thick, were constructed using dry-stone technique so precise that colonial-era Europeans refused to believe Africans had built it, inventing theories about Phoenicians or the Queen of Sheba. The archaeological consensus has been unambiguous since the 1930s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZimbabwe has the world's largest known reserves of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithium_in_Zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elithium\u003c\/a\u003e outside South America — now geopolitically significant in the electric vehicle era. Chinese companies have moved aggressively to secure mining rights since 2021.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_Falls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c\/a\u003e — on Zimbabwe's border with Zambia — is the largest waterfall on earth by combined width and height. The local Kololo name is \u003ci\u003eMosi-oa-Tunya\u003c\/i\u003e: \"the smoke that thunders.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOne million dollars, printed in desperation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis note was issued on 5 November 2008 — deep inside one of the most catastrophic economic collapses in modern history. \u003cb\u003eZimbabwe's Third Dollar had already been redenominated once\u003c\/b\u003e (the Second Dollar was replaced at 1,000:1 in 2007), and this million-dollar note was itself worth less than a US dollar at the time of printing. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Gono\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGideon Gono\u003c\/a\u003e, whose signature appears on the obverse, was the Reserve Bank Governor throughout the hyperinflationary period — a man tasked with managing the unmanageable, printing denominations that became worthless before the ink dried. \u003cb\u003eHe later wrote a book about it.\u003c\/b\u003e The Third Dollar was demonetised in 2015, nine years after the First Dollar and seven years after Zimbabwe had already abandoned its own currency for the US dollar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe same rocks, a different world\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiremba_Balancing_Rocks\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChiremba Balancing Rocks\u003c\/a\u003e appear on this note just as they did on the 1995 P-9 — the same image, the same symbol of national resilience, now printed on a denomination worth a fraction of a cent. \u003cb\u003eThe irony is not subtle.\u003c\/b\u003e The rocks were chosen in 1980 as a symbol of Zimbabwe's stability and balance. By 2008, the currency bearing their image had become a global symbol of monetary collapse. The rocks themselves remain unchanged in Matopos, indifferent to the denominations printed in their name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eGreat Zimbabwe and cattle: the original economy on the back\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse pairs the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Enclosure\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eConical Tower of Great Zimbabwe\u003c\/a\u003e with cattle grazing in a pasture — a deliberate juxtaposition of civilisational heritage and agricultural identity. \u003cb\u003eCattle have been the primary store of wealth in Zimbabwean culture for centuries\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shona_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShona\u003c\/a\u003e word for cattle (\u003ci\u003emombe\u003c\/i\u003e) is deeply embedded in concepts of prosperity, bride price, and social status. Great Zimbabwe itself was built partly on the wealth generated by controlling the gold and cattle trade routes of southern Africa. Printing both on the same note — even a worthless one — was an act of cultural assertion in the middle of economic catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn a document of the most extreme inflation in history\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Zimbabwe hyperinflation notes are among the most collected modern banknotes in the world — not despite their worthlessness, but because of it. \u003cb\u003eThis million-dollar note costs less than five dollars.\u003c\/b\u003e It was printed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fidelity_Printers_and_Refiners\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFidelity Printers and Refiners\u003c\/a\u003e in Harare — Zimbabwe's own security printer, still operating today — which gives this note the distinction of being a domestic product of the collapse it documents. Condition: VF+.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne million dollars. Four dollars and change. The math of hyperinflation, held in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51945846571319,"sku":"ZW77VF","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/77o_6872a01c-b0ae-4e6a-a3f5-ca36afd6a27a.jpg?v=1775871578","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/zimbabwe-p-77-1000000-dollars-2008-vf-very-fine-plus-one-million-dollars","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}