| ZIM 5 Dollars 2006 | ZIM 10 Dollars |
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At the time it was announced in 2005, some called “Operation Sunrise,” “Murambatsvina Part 2.” So, what was “Murambatsvina?”
Operation Murambatsvina (“Drive out the Filth”) was a 2005 operation, also called “Operation Restore Order,” which was officially called a “slum clearance program” intended to flush out “criminals.” On article I found said it started on 19 May 2005, “with little or no warning.” It was officially announced to be over on 25 June 2005, but then Vice President Mujuru said i... | Owner's Description:
Just five weeks after Murambatsvina, in Mid-2005, the government launched “Operation Garikai” / “Operation Hlalani Kuhle” (“For a Better Life”). This one - with a far friendlier name than its predecessor - was said to be a plan to build houses for the victims of the slum clearance. Amnesty International pointed out that it didi not actually assist the victims of Operation Murambatsvina. The houses - what were built - were given to civil servants, police, and soldiers - people that supported the ... |
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| ZIM 20 Dollars 2006 | ZIM 50 Dollars 2006 |
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Operation Reduce Prices launched in June 2007 as an attempt to stop sky-rocketing food and commodity prices with inflation at the time running at an annualized 4000%. The government compelled businesses and manufacturers to cut prices by up to 50 percent - especially on key good and commodities and food items - under threat of severe fines and / or imprisonment.
Interestingly, inflation was so out of control at ~4000% (3700% at the time of the announcement) the announcement was made on or aro... | Owner's Description:
Operation Chikorokoza Chapera (“No Illegal Panning”) kicked off in November 2006 and saw more than 25,000 gold panners arrested according to some reports. The economy was in ruins. The unemployment rate had hit 80 percent. Operation Murambatsvina had made things worse by destroying small stalls and businesses and Operation Sunrise was getting some blame for destroying the savings of the people because of the seizure of “excess currency” and demonetizing any old 1st dollar notes that weren’t exch... |
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| ZIM 100 Dollars 2006 | ZIM 500 Dollars 2006 |
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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, tort... | Owner's Description:
The 2nd dollar bearer checks are a very major part of the overall Zimbabwe note set. With 28 notes, they are the single largest set / series in the run of Zimbabwean notes and make up over 25% of the notes from ZIM1 to ZIM104 (as of 2021).
This is a bit unfortunate in that these are some of the most plain-looking, least visually striking series in the broader collection of notes (at least in my opinion). This is probably why I was a bit slow to incorporate these notes into my collection – th... |
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| ZIM 1000 Dollars 2006 | ZIM 5000 Dollars 2007 |
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I spend a lot of time and words in these sets on talking about the need to consider the set as a whole and think about the story that the set represents and tells. When you think about it in the context of a book, most people – even most book collectors – wouldn’t have much interest in a single leaf from a book, even a famous or valuable book, unless it was something like the Gutenberg Bible. I think the situation is somewhat similar for many of the lower denomination 2nd dollar and 3rd dollar i... | Owner's Description:
Another contemporary program / “Operation” from this period is “Operation Chipo Chiroorwa (“Ladies, Get Married”), which started / was announced in early March 2007. The nominal goal of this program was to rid urban areas of prostitutes by encouraging them to get married. The operation criminalized and arrested women seen out alone in the evening and charged them with loitering and soliciting.
I don’t know if this operation was launched in response to a perceived spike in prostitution, but, ... |
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| ZIM 10,000 Dollars 2006 | ZIM 10,000 Dollars 2006 |
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The difference between P-46a and P-46b is the spacing and grouping (or lack thereof) of the digits (zeros) in the denomination. P-46a has no space in the denomination and reads as “100000.” P-46b has a space between the “100” and the “000” in “100 000.” The P-46a is the rarer and more desirable variety. The P-46a is the rarer and more desirable variety. This change in the spacing impacts the P-48a/b and the P-46a/b. Interestingly though, even though they were released at the same time, this a/b ... | Owner's Description:
The difference between P-46a and P-46b is the spacing and grouping (or lack thereof) of the digits (zeros) in the denomination. P-46a has no space in the denomination and reads as “100000.” P-46b has a space between the “100” and the “000” in “100 000.” The P-46a is the rarer and more desirable variety. The P-46a is the rarer and more desirable variety. This change in the spacing impacts the P-48a/b and the P-46a/b. Interestingly though, even though they were released at the same time, this a/b ... |
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