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date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:25:31 +0100,    group: uk.transport.london        back       
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?   
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:43:35 +0100,  wrote:

>
>"Jim Brittin" <pedigreeZZZZ@ZZZZoperamail.com [wake up to reply]> wrote in 
>message news:MPG.22c52a0f9c45873d989703@news.btinternet.com...
>> In article <shB6k.66907$Ek2.32944@newsfe17.ams2>, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk
>> says...
>>> "Hugh Brodie"  wrote in message
>>> news:ZKGdnURP4qoCEMfVnZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> >
>>> > Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the
>>> > Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe  http://www.rbz.co.zw to see the daily 
>>> > exchange
>>> > rate of the $Z vs the $US. Yesterday, it was 5,817,000,000; today it's
>>> > 6,718,000,000. They have just issued $Z 50,000,000,000 notes ("bearer
>>> > cheques"). And it will cost you $Z 1,800,000,000 to mail a postcard to 
>>> > the
>>> > US. http://www.zimpost.co.zw/postalrates.html
>>> >
>>>
>>> It's a shame that there are no images of currently circulating Zimbabwean
>>> notes or coins.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 50 million note here
>>
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00351/Zimbabwe__05_
>> 385x25_351858a.jpg
>
>Anywhere to see the other side of these notes? 
>
The half-milliard has both sides shown in :-
http://www.colin-narbeth.com/world_frames.html
choose "Zimbabwe" on the side bar and click on the image at the bottom
of the page.
date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:25:31 +0100   author:   Charles Ellson

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