1 Shilling Aircraft Carrier "Nimitz"

Zimbabwe's 2017 novelty coinage program — which included submarines, battleships, and aircraft carriers alongside more conventional issues — was a product of the country's acute currency dysfunction following the formal demonetization of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2015. With no domestic currency of practical use, ZANU-PF authorized a series of collectible shilling denominations nominally tied to nothing, intended primarily for the international numismatic market rather than any domestic circulation. The USS Nimitz, the lead ship of her class and commissioned in 1975, had no particular connection to Zimbabwe — the name simply carried global recognition.