Gradually, Then Suddenly
ZIM39, 2006, 10 ZWN

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2nd Dollar Emergency Bearer Check AB Prefix

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Set Details
Note Description: Zimbabwe, Reserve Bank
10 Dollars - Wmk: Zimbabwe Bird
Grade: 68 EPQ
Country: Zimbabwe
Note Number: ZIM39
Signatures/
Vignettes: 		- Sign. #8
Comment: Exceptional Paper Quality
Certification #: 8046919-081
Owner: Revenant
Set Category: World
Set Name: Gradually, Then Suddenly
Slot Name: ZIM39, 2006, 10 ZWN
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

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 government.

Amnesty international called Hlalani Huhle wholly inadequate in response to the damage caused by Murambatsvina, but there were no other major government programs even nominally directed at helping the people displaced and hurt by Murambatsvina. In a May 2010 article, Amnesty International said that, what houses did go to those displaced by Murambatsvina under Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle were “completely uninhabitable,” with no floors, windows, water or toilets.” I’m not sure how long they at least gave lip-service to this program but the same 2010 Amnesty article indicated that, by Mid 2010, this program/plan appeared to have been abandoned.

With 1 ZWN being worth 1000 ZWD, this note would have had the same value as the P-14 $10,000 Cargill Bearer Checks, the P-17 $10,000 traveler’s checks and the P-22 $10,000 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 10 dollar bearer checks (ZIM39) use the image of a few people working in a rural setting that premiered originally on the 5 dollar (ZIM2) notes in the early 1980s. However, where that note is predominantly green, this one is almost all red. This image also appears on ZIM37 (1 ZWN), ZIM53 (1 Million ZWN), and ZIM58 (100 Million ZWN).

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