| ZIM 1000 Dollars ND (2003) | ZIM 1000 Dollars ND (2003) |
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The thing that makes the P-15, $1000 checks particularly interesting is that they are for $1000. By 2003 the country had the P-12, $1000 banknote. The Cargill Bearer checks excluded a $1000 denomination and only had $5000 (P-13) and $10000 (P-14). The 2003 Bearer checks (P-21 to P-23) also exclude a $1000 denomination. What the existence of P-15 suggests, what I can only assume, is that they were having a hard time printing enough of the P-12 banknotes to meet market needs for a while and they h... | Owner's Description:
The thing that makes the P-15, $1000 checks particularly interesting is that they are for $1000. By 2003 the country had the P-12, $1000 banknote. The Cargill Bearer checks excluded a $1000 denomination and only had $5000 (P-13) and $10000 (P-14). The 2003 Bearer checks (P-21 to P-23) also exclude a $1000 denomination. What the existence of P-15 suggests, what I can only assume, is that they were having a hard time printing enough of the P-12 banknotes to meet market needs for a while and they h... |
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| ZIM 1000 Dollars ND (2003) | ZIM 5000 Dollars ND (2003) |
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The thing that makes the P-15, $1000 checks particularly interesting is that they are for $1000. By 2003 the country had the P-12, $1000 banknote. The Cargill Bearer checks excluded a $1000 denomination and only had $5000 (P-13) and $10000 (P-14). The 2003 Bearer checks (P-21 to P-23) also exclude a $1000 denomination. What the existence of P-15 suggests, what I can only assume, is that they were having a hard time printing enough of the P-12 banknotes to meet market needs for a while and they h... | Owner's Description:
This check was dated 30-03-05, lining up with the 30 03 2005 stamp it got at the ZIMBANK Foreign Exchange desk at the Belmont Branch in Bulawayo - which is apparently one of two cities in Zimbabwe that is a province unto itself. It was stamped as PAID by the RBZ on 02 Apr 2005, suggesting that some people were still interested in redeeming these and flipping them for whatever minimal value they must have still had at that point in time. They weren’t worthless by 2005, they were just very close t... |
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| ZIM 5000 Dollars ND (2003) | ZIM 10,000 Dollars ND (2003) |
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This check was stamped on 05-12-2003, which I think means Dec 5th, 2003. Based on the date convention I think they use (the UK D-M-Y standard). This seems supported by the stamps. The check was stamped 05-12-2003 at - if I’m reading this right - the ForEx desk of the Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe’s Avondale, Harare Branch. It is stamped as PAID on 08 Dec 2003 by the RBZ in Harare. These are the same dates and stamps as are on the P-17 (8085735-003) and the P-18 (8085735-004) in this set an... | Owner's Description:
This check is a fun one for me because it was stamped on 18 OCT 2004, the day before my 18th birthday, at the Jason Mayo St Branch in Bulawayo. It also has the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, “Inward Clearing” stamp from the Bulawayo branch of the RBZ, dated 2004-10-22. Both of those stamps are on the front of the check, with the back of this check being left blank. The date line and the signature lines on this one where left blank. |
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| ZIM 10,000 Dollars ND (2003) | ZIM 10,000 Dollars ND (2003) |
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This check was stamped on 05-12-2003, which I think means Dec 5th, 2003. Based on the date convention I think they use (the UK D-M-Y standard). This seems supported by the stamps. The check was stamped 05-12-2003 at - if I’m reading this right - the ForEx desk of the Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe’s Avondale, Harare Branch. It is stamped as PAID on 08 Dec 2003 by the RBZ in Harare. These are the same dates and stamps as are on the P-16 (8085761-002) and the P-18 (8085735-004) in this set. T... | Owner's Description:
The handwritten date on this check reads 05-12-03. It’s hard to read most of the stamp on this one but it looks like another Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe stamp from 05-12-03. I can’t tell what location / branch is indicated but I would guess this is another one from Harare. The PAID stamp from the RBZ says 08 Dec 2003 as well. Based on the similarities in the stamps and the inking I’m wondering if this P-17 was stamped by the same person, at the same desk, with the same stamp as the P-18 ... |
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| ZIM 20,000 Dollars ND (2003) | ZIM 20,000 Dollars ND (2003) |
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This check was stamped on 05-12-2003, which I think means Dec 5th, 2003. Based on the date convention I think they use (the UK D-M-Y standard). This seems supported by the stamps. The check was stamped 05-12-2003 at - if I’m reading this right - the ForEx desk of the Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe’s Avondale, Harare Branch. It is stamped as PAID on 08 Dec 2003 by the RBZ in Harare. These are the same dates and stamps as are on the P-16 (8085761-002) and the P-17 (8085735-003) in this set. T... | Owner's Description:
The handwritten date on this check reads 05-12-03. It’s hard to read most of the stamp on this one but it looks like another Standard Chartered Bank of Zimbabwe stamp from 05-12-03. I can’t tell what location / branch is indicated but I would guess this is another one from Harare. The PAID stamp from the RBZ says 08 Dec 2003 as well. Based on the similarities in the stamps and the inking I’m wondering if this P-18 was stamped by the same person, at the same desk, with the same stamp as the P-17 ... |
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