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100 000 Dollars Emergency Bearer Cheque

Descrizione del dritto	The obverse carries the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe logo at upper left, with the denomination 100,000 DOLLARS rendered in large numerals at either side. A vignette of the Flame Lily, Zimbabwe's national flower, appears as a central underprint motif. The face of the note is structured as a formal bearer cheque, with the issuing authority text and payment terms set in letterpress across the centre, framed by guilloche patterning.
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Firma/e	Dr. Gideon Gono (Sig.8)
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Commenti	Zimbabwe's 2005 bearer cheques were a bureaucratic workaround — the Reserve Bank lacked legal authority to issue banknotes above certain denominations without parliamentary approval, so these instruments were classified as cheques rather than currency. The distinction was entirely nominal; they circulated as cash and were accepted as such. The 100,000 dollar face value, which would have been substantial a year earlier, was already losing ground to inflation that the government's own statistics significantly understated. The relatively high print run of over twelve million reflects how quickly demand for high-denomination paper outpaced supply during this period.