Early Transactions in Denial
ZIM20, 2003, 100,000 ZWD

Slot Comment:

S/N: 0071977 Redeemed: Nov 2003

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Set Details
Note Description: 100,000 Dollars ND (2003)
Grade: AU 55
Country: Zimbabwe
Note Number: ZIM20
Signatures/
Vignettes: 		- Wmk: Zimbabwe Bird
Certification #: 8085735-006
Owner: Revenant
Set Category: World
Set Name: Early Transactions in Denial
Slot Name: ZIM20, 2003, 100,000 ZWD
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

The hand-written date on this check is 20-11-03. I can’t make out much of anything of the smaller stamp on this one, but, based on the size / shape and color I’d say it’s probably another Standard Chartered stamp, dated for 21-11-03. It was stamped as PAID by the RBZ on what looks like 28 Nov 2003. There’s some doubling on the RBZ stamp that makes me think this was done with a self-inking stamp like the ones we use sometimes at my job. I’m guessing they hit it once, didn’t make a very dark mark and tried to hit it again - or they knew they were running out of ink and caused some doubling when they were just trying to make sure they got a good impression. It’s a funny thing to think about, holding the check 18 years later. There’s another stamp on the back, dated 19-11-2003, saying ZIMBANK Foreign Exchange, Belmont Branch in Bulawayo - which is apparently one of two cities in Zimbabwe that is a province unto itself. It’s hard to know what to think when you see different stamps that seem to tell different stories, but the more likely explanation is I just don’t know enough about the process these went through when being redeemed.

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