100 Dollars

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.