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Numismatic Reference · Zimbabwe · August 2026 From 100 Trillion Dollars to 3.2 Percent: Zimbabwe’s Currency Story, 2008 to 2026 The country that printed the world’s most famous hyperinflation banknote just posted one of the lower inflation rates in Africa. Here is how Zimbabwe got from the 100 trillion dollar note to the gold-backed ZiG — and why both ends of that story now sit in collectors’ albums. Quick answer: Zimbabwe’s annual inflation, measure …