The Zimbabwe dollar is fixed somewhat above what its value would be in a free market.

"They wanted 900,000 Zimbabwe dollars as a deposit for admission" - about $300, a sum laughably beyond average people here.

"And paid in rands, not paper escudos or Zimbabwe dollars?"

My best chance of becoming a billionaire is to convert all my assets into Zimbabwe dollars.

At independence in 1980, the Zimbabwe dollar became the common currency.

This week, the government finally devalued the Zimbabwe dollar, a move that was quickly applauded.

For their work, the former police official said, the officers were paid bonuses of 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars a day, or about $5.

The highest denomination bank note had a face value of 10,000,000 Zimbabwe dollars.

Inflation has cut the spending power of the Zimbabwe dollar by 60 percent in five years.

The fiscal deficit is growing, and the value of the Zimbabwe dollar has fallen by half in the last year.