original uncirculated notes were overprinted with another currency,
that way the counterfeiters had over come the problem of sourcing the correct paper, making a water mark and other security features, it just so happened that a friend in the UK, Alan read the post and has one of the original 100 trillion dollar notes of the type that was used, yes you read that correctly 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars! if you are not sure count the zero's 100,000,000,000,000 there are 14 of them, it appears that hyperinflation lead to the printing of the notes, according to the BBC inflation was running in July last year at 231m% - the world's highest, these 100-trillion-dollar notes were actually in circulation in Zimbabwe for few months, the Zimbabwe dollar was then officially abandoned in 2009, but some one saw a way of overprinting them which lead to our original story, many thanks to Alan for the infomation.
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