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Message:: [QUOTE="ericlyon, post: 747275, member: 19872"]A general hyperinflation type set should definitely include a French Revolutionary Assignat, some issues of which can be purchased for less than $20. Rather than being based on gold or silver, they were based on confiscated Catholic Church property. They printed too many, and hyperinflation ensued. Adding to France's misery, they made notes that were easy to imitate. The British added counterfeiting to their arsenal of economic warfare against the French. They didn't succeed in vanquishing the French this way, but their efforts prompted this sarcastic admiration from John Quincy Adams, "The mere intention to famish thirty millions of the human race is an effort that must carry its own reward along with it, and even its failure will be not much less glorious than would be its success." Presidents do say the darndest things! For Zimbabwean currency, it's pretty easy and inexpensive to collect all of the coins and banknotes the country has ever issued, going back to the first two dollar note issued in 1980. The only exceptions to this are some emergency bearer cheques issued in 2003 (if anyone knows where to get the Cargill cheques, please let me know). For the newer stuff I've had repeated good experience with an eBay seller named lightweightbackpacker. Zimbabwe is now on its fourth Dollar.  1 Fourth Dollar = 1 Trillion Third Dollars = 10 Sextillion Second Dollars = 10 Septillion First Dollars.  Wow![/QUOTE]