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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 523686, member: 4626&quot;]Hungary definitely still holds the record for the largest nominal denomination ever on a bill (the highest released, in short form, is 10 quintillion pengo; a note 10 times that even was printed, but never released).</p><p><br /></p><p>Before Zimbabwe&#039;s recent period of hyperinflation beat the record, the most zeroes on a note (Hungary just used words to spell out the denomination; the digits weren&#039;t printed out) was Yugoslavia&#039;s 500 billion dinar note in 1993, with 11 zeroes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Zimbabwe recently beat that with its 10 trillion dollar note (13 zeroes).&nbsp; 20, 50, and 100 trillion dollar notes were planned, but they may end up not getting released, since about 2 weeks ago they renumerated the Zimbabwe dollar a fourth time.&nbsp; The 4th Zimbabwe dollar equals 1 quadrillion of the 3rd Zimbabwe dollar (meaning that 10 trillion dollar note is now the equivalent of the 4th Zimbabwe cent!).</p><p><br /></p><p>(Edit: 20, 50, and 100 trillion dollar notes were indeed printed; you can find several on eBay.&nbsp; Currently, with 14 zeroes, Zimbabwe&#039;s 100 trillion dollar note holds the &quot;most number of zeroes on a note&quot; record.&nbsp; Stay tuned, I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll beat their own record eventually.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Zimbabwe is probably going to set new records (may eventually give Hungary some competition, at this rate), considering their inflation rate is now in the sextillion % range by some estimates.&nbsp; As they have few domestic goods for sale, and the black market rate shows the Zimbabwe dollar as worth much less than the official rate, precise figures are hard to calculate.&nbsp; Most transactions in Zimbabwe are conducted in US dollars or South African rand, or just barter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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