Zimbabwean billboards from trillion dollar notes

The Zimbabwean newspaper posted billboards, flyers, and posters made from Zimbabwean dollars. From the Zimbabwean Newspaper's Flickr stream:

Trillion dollar flyers and posters. A trillion dollar hand-out. To highlight the plight of Zimbabwe and the cause of the ‘Zimbabwean Newspaper’ we handed out trillions of dollars of worthless Zimbabwean money stamped with provocative messages and a call for support for the Zimbabwean newspaper, we also turned the money into giant posters, with trillion dollar tear-offs.

Zimbabwean Newspaper on Flickr (Thanks, Alex Pang!)

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efergus3

Aloisius: I’ve seen $200 trillion notes for sale over on eBay in the $10-20 range.
efergus3

Tauan: Sadly, only Mugabe and his pets.
efergus3

Takuan. Sorry, I just washed my fingers and can’t do a thing with them.
Moriarty

This billboard clearly infringes on the line of sight rights of these already unfortunate Zimbabweans.
Anonymous

Surely in the far far far future I’d be worth something……….
minamisan

to the two posters above: there is a pretty healthy trade in $Z on eBay — I have a Z$100 Billion bill from back in the days when that seemed like a lot. unfortunately the only value they’ll ever have is novelty, but currently it’s the world’s easiest way to become a billionaire.
Aloisius

Anyone know where I can get a trillion Zimbabwean dollars? I always dreamed of being a trillionare… :)
Takuan

who benefits from the failure of Zimbabwe?
jphilby

The death of money
Will be a terrible thing
For those with nothing
To offer but lies.
Anonymous

tak – I wonder who benefits AND has clever ad men?

BP? Shell?

–mdh (who can’t sign in for some reason)
dainel

How do I get a few of these notes? They might be worth something in a couple of years.
Anonymous

The more $Z notes show up on eBay, the less each will be able to fetch in terms of notes from other worthless currencies (e.g. $US). In this case, sellers on eBay are mirroring the fatal flaw of every central bank that ever existed.
Takuan

heh! The irony is that many Zimbabweans probably could eke out a living by selling the hyper-inflated currency to the rest of the world as curiosities.
Ian70

@8 Dude, that is some -wonderful- poetry. Did you write that?
Anonymous

@ #11 – taukan:

Out of more than 1200 results on ebay for the word Zimbabwe, by my count, over 95% are for Zimbabwean currency.
See: http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=Zimbabwe

This seller claims he’s helping Zimbabweans by selling their money: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220395656906