Five hundred billion dinars. Do you have change for this?
25 August 2009 by Mike GogulskiPosted in economics | 8 Comments »
UPDATE: This is now for sale, along with others, at my new site, Big Banknotes.
Five hundred billion dinars. Yugoslavia, 1993.
Five hundred billion dinars - Yugoslavia 1993 XF/EF - Click image for full-size scan
This note once held the dubious honor of being that with the largest number of zeros — eleven! — ever placed into circulation. Lately, though, Robert Mugabe’s wholesale robbery of the population of Zimbabwe has beat the record, with notes in the hundreds of trillions (yes, including printed zeros) being issued.
I have a few of these for sale. They’re collector’s items, and the perfect gift for your economics teacher or the uppity Austrian economist in your family. US$15 will get you one, shipped anywhere in the world at no additional charge. If you’re interested, please contact me by email. You may not receive the serial number or exact note pictured. All are in XF/EF condition, which means very lightly circulated with small corner bending and minimal very light creasing.
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8 Responses to “Five hundred billion dinars. Do you have change for this?”
By Temujin on 26 August 2009
A woman who sells advertising in a local phone directory that I met last year went to Zimbabwe. She showed me a picture of he sitting on a couch surrounding by “money”, errr… “a bunch of paper with fancy stamps and ink” would be a better definition. She said in the couple of weeks she was there the price of bread doubled (or was it tripled?). All the money she was sitting next to was virtually worthless. She needed all of it to purchase anything.
Out of curiousity, I assume those notes are no longer legal tender in any of the republics of the former Yugoslavia? If they are, what could it possibly be worth today?
By SW on 26 August 2009
This can’t beat my $100 TRILLION Zimbabwean note I have!!
By Yasmin Khan on 5 December 2009
Hello Mr.Billionaire,
As these dinara notes are Govt. treasury notes,in international trade system,to resolve human’s financial crisis and clear debts,honoured and in use globally,upto 500 billion denominated currency notes is remoneterized by the new Govt.’s and banks,in continuation and equal in value to the Novi Dinara,Croatian dinara or Serbian Dinara,surely makes you a happy Billionaire.
Shop till you drop & buy the world with it
as long as the currency or note is genuine or real,passing the currency test.
By selvan on 9 February 2010
I have 5000000000 yogoslovia dinara note. can i exchange it? how?where? pls reply or mail me at tnmobile@ymail.com Thank you
By Peiman on 8 March 2010
I have 5000000000 yogoslovia dinara note. can i exchange it? how? where? please reply or mail me at info_kohan98@yahoo.com Thank you
By Me on 30 May 2010
me too, I have 500,000,000 (five hundred million yogoslovia dinara note. can i exchange it? how? where?
im in philippines please write me. thank you
By Me on 30 May 2010
PLease correct me I mean 500,000,000,000 five hundred billion, not million
By Mike Gogulski on 30 May 2010
It’s not legal tender. Try to sell it to a collector.