Specifications:
Type: Banknotes
Year: 2008
Country: Zimbabwe
Continent: Africa
Condition: Uncirculated (UNC)
Denomination: Z$50 Trillion (Z$100,000,000,000,000)
Quantity: 1 Note
Total 2008 Zimbabwe Dollars: Z$50 Trillion
Country: Zimbabwe
Serial Number Prefix: AA
Full Serial Number: Please contact us
50 Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe Currency 2008 Banknote - Uncirculated (UNC) Condition, AA Prefix
Description:
This listing is for one (1) authentic, uncirculated fifty (50) trillion dollar Zimbabwe banknote issued in 2008 and carrying the "AA" serial number prefix.
The note never entered circulation and remains in uncirculated condition. Purchased from a vendor in Harare via a friend from south-central Africa (per my request) and inspected upon arrival, this note is guaranteed to be authentic. In fact, I'm so sure it's authentic I even include with each purchase of this item a certificate of authenticity with no time limit by request.
More than a decade after being demonetized, the 2008 series of Zimbabwe banknotes (sometimes called “bonds” or "Zim bonds") are still among the most popular in the world among collectors. These remain the highest denomination of any national currency in recorded history. Additionally, the Z$100 trillion dollar Zim note is by far the most counterfeited former currency in the world. I've removed 45 fakes that I bought on eBay alone. They are indistinguishable to the untrained eye, and even have hidden security features that are similar to those the real notes, only better-made. The differences are so subtle that if I were new to collecting, there's no way I'd have ever been able to discern real from fake. UV light is required, but most ultraviolet frequencies do not reveal anything on an authentic Zim note. I have tried probably 30 different ultraviolet (UV) flashlights, torches & money counting / counterfeit detection machines like the ones banks use (I have one). I have found one brand alone that works on 2008 Zim. All UV lights pick up on the security features for the counterfeit notes, nearly all of which I purchased from vendors in China, typically right here on this marketplace. And if they're here in such high numbers, you can bet they're elsewhere too.
So if my Zim notes happen to run a bit more expensive than the competition's, it's because I take the time to hand-verify every note (if UNC without my skin touching the note), and do so using the best equipment available on the market.
Before the counterfeit notes from China and other places began appearing, the average retail price for a $100 trillion Zim note was around $300 USD. If the sudden and dramatic reduction in prices is due to the forgeries entering the market when the notes were in peak demand, that would suggest that about two in every three $100 trillion notes sold today could be fake. It may be unlikely that the number of counterfeits would be that impactful, but it's but the reduction of price from $300 per note is a clear indicator of a high volume of fakes entering the market. At least buying from me, you're buying from someone who's among the most tenured US vendors of exotic numismatic collectibles, knows how to tell a real note from a fake, and has been successful enough to be able to afford to replace a note if ever we happen to get one wrong. It's only happened one in 4.5 years, and we actually were the ones who realized it and substituted on our own volition without even being asked to. TBH, the customer would never have known the difference had we not told him the note we had inadvertently sent him was fake, just as most eBay buyers aren't aware when they purchase fakes.
Granted, this is a $50 and not a $100 trillion, but you can be sure there are fake $50T notes out there as well, and if we ever come across any, we'll identify them as such, and remove them from the marketplace even if we have to absorb the loss ourselves like we did with the 45 fake 100T notes.
"NOTE: The banknote the buyer will receive is not the same exact not as that pictured in the photographs. However, it is a good representation of the condition of the note up for sale in this listing. Serial number will be different from the note pictured in the photographs.
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