Catalog
50 ZiG
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Right of centre, a crucible pours molten gold into a mould set atop a stacked arrangement of twelve gold bars, rendered in dark intaglio-style tones against an amber and yellow-green guilloche ground. A watermark vignette of the Zimbabwe Bird occupies the left field, while the large numeral '50' anchors the lower right and a star device appears at the upper right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | ZiG50 RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE FIFTY ZiG 50 |
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The ZiG — short for Zimbabwe Gold — was introduced in April 2024 as Zimbabwe's sixth attempt at a stable currency since the hyperinflationary collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2008. Unlike its predecessors, it is formally backed by a combination of gold reserves and foreign currency held by the Reserve Bank, a structural constraint designed specifically to prevent the money-printing that destroyed every earlier iteration. Whether that discipline holds is an open question the market is already testing.
The "s" suffix on the Pick reference denotes a specimen. Issued for reference and archival purposes, not legal tender circulation.