Money, Paper
The existence of money as a means of buying or selling goods and services dates back to at least 3000 B.C., when the Sumerians began using metal coins in place of bartering with barley. T...
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HARARE, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean banks on Tuesday
failed to heed pleas to remain open from shoppers desperate for
cash, dampening already bleak Christmas festivities in the
economically devas...
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HARARE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's central bank on
Wednesday announced the introduction of higher denomination
banknotes to help end a cash crunch that has seen people besiege
banks. Central ba...
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GENEVA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bank cashiers and others working
with large quantities of paper currency are vulnerable to
catching various types of flu from the germs living on notes, a
Swiss research...
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Harare (dpa) - Hours before a high-denomination banknote was due
to expire, Zimbabwe's central bank chief suddenly announced Monday it
will not be abolished after all, state...
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Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwe's central bank, battling chronic
inflation, Tuesday unveiled a new 200,000-Zimbabwe-dollar bill to
make life easier for people fed up with carrying l...
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Stockholm (dpa) - Sweden's small but vocal Republican Association
proposed Monday that King Carl XVI Gustaf should no longer feature on
the Swedish 1-krona coin.
...
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Harare/Johannesburg (dpa) - Zimbabwe's central bank chief has
expressed dismay at a parliamentary committee's apparent reluctance
to have him name top government officials w...
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Harare/Johannesburg (dpa) - A Zimbabwean woman arrested for
possessing 10 billion dollars in brand new banknotes has implicated a
central bank advisor, it emerged Friday.
...
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Frankfurt (dpa) - German police launched an investigation Thursday
into why about 1,500 banknotes fell apart when pulled out of wallets
or cash dispensers.
Po...
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Money, Paper
Zimbabwe banknote crisis dampens Christmas cheer
