Catalog
100 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe |
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| Year | 2020-2023 |
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| Reference(s) | P#106 |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
| Protection description | Zimbabwe bird and RBZ logo electrotype watermark; windowed security thread with colour-shifting properties visible along the right margin; colour-shifting numeral on reverse |
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Zimbabwe reintroduced the dollar in 2019 after a decade of dollarization, and this note belongs to that second attempt at a stable domestic currency — an attempt that almost immediately ran into the same structural problems as its predecessor. Inflation resumed rapidly, and the 100-dollar denomination, significant at launch, lost purchasing power fast enough that higher denominations followed within the same series.
Thomas De La Rue's use of hybrid substrate here reflects a practical calculation: polymer-laminated paper tends to survive the high turnover rates common in high-inflation economies, where notes cycle through hands quickly and wear out fast.