Gradually, Then Suddenly
ZIM42, 2006, 100 ZWN

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2nd Dollar Emergency Bearer Check AE Prefix

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Set Details
Note Description: 100 Dollars 2006 - Wmk: Zimbabwe Bird
Grade: 66 EPQ
Country: Zimbabwe
Note Number: ZIM42
Signatures/
Vignettes: 		- Sign. #8
Certification #: 8046920-036
Owner: Revenant
Set Category: World
Set Name: Gradually, Then Suddenly
Slot Name: ZIM42, 2006, 100 ZWN
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

The 2nd dollar was the currency of the nation when President Mugabe lost a national election in March 2008, and then refused to hand over power. This marked the beginning of a period that the people of Zimbabwe (and Peter Godwin in a book by the same name) called "The Fear." The government called it “Operation Mavhoterapapi” (“Who did you vote for”), which saw ZANU-PF insist that no candidate obtained the necessary majority and that a 2nd round of voting was required, while villages burned, torture camps were reported and widespread international sanctions were leveled against the Mugabe government. In this period, the man who had helped lead the country during the rebellion / independence movement and had led the country since independence in 1980 seemingly became worse to and for the country than anything he'd fought against. This period extended through the period of issue and use for the very short-lived third and fourth dollars.

With 1 ZWN being worth 1000 ZWD, this note would have had the same value as the P-27 $100,000 Cargill Bearer Checks, the P-20 $100,000 traveler’s checks and the P-31 and P-32 $100,000 Emergency Bearer Checks.

Where the balancing rocks are a major design feature on the front of the banknotes, with the checks of this series they appear only as part of the seal of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.

On the back, the bearer checks of this series feature different designs, emphasizing things of national or cultural significance, much like the first dollar banknotes that came before them. In that regard, these bearer checks are a bit of a cross between the bearer checks and the banknotes of the first dollars in terms of design.

These 100-dollar bearer checks (ZIM42) use the image of some terraced hills that appeared first on the 5 dollar notes (ZIM5) of the re-designed 1st dollars in the mid-1990s. This design reappeared on ZIM44 (1000 ZWN), and ZIM54 (5 Million ZWN). After ZIM54 this artwork was not used again and did not reappear in the 4th dollar series like several of the other images that originated with the 1st dollars.

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