In my question of a week or so ago, I asked people what the lowest denomination coin they'd be willing to reach into a public lavatory bowl would be. I was interested by the results, not least because they indicated that I could get a small crowd of my friends plunging their hands into suspect water for less than a tenner - money well spent in anybody's book.
Of this group,
token_limey and
baloobas indicated that they'd take the plunge (as it were) for a single Zimbabwean dollar.
In case you didn't know, thanks to hyperinflation the Zimbabwean dollar is the lowest value currency ever to exist; in the international currency markets, it is currently trading lower than the cowrie shell, the short sick and even the pebble with a single dollar being worth less than 0.0000000001 pence. It's the only currency I've ever seen with a best before date.
Still, as I've always wanted to be a millionnaire, I've made an acquisition:
.*
So,
token_limey and
baloobas, get your sleeves rolled up. If you're willing to go bowl diving for a single dollar, I reckon you're going to be busy for a while.
*At close of trading yesterday, five hundred million Zimbabwean dollars was worth approximately 0.9 pence. My wallet feels all the heavier for it.
Of this group,
In case you didn't know, thanks to hyperinflation the Zimbabwean dollar is the lowest value currency ever to exist; in the international currency markets, it is currently trading lower than the cowrie shell, the short sick and even the pebble with a single dollar being worth less than 0.0000000001 pence. It's the only currency I've ever seen with a best before date.
Still, as I've always wanted to be a millionnaire, I've made an acquisition:
.*So,
*At close of trading yesterday, five hundred million Zimbabwean dollars was worth approximately 0.9 pence. My wallet feels all the heavier for it.