The official rate of inflation in Zimbabwe is 230 million per cent, the world's highest, but independent analysts put the figure in billions.
It will introduce a $1 million note this week as the country tries to ease the effects of hyperinflation.
In August, the highest note was Z$100 billion. The country chopped off 10 zeroes and the highest note was Z$10.
The current highest denomination bank note is Z$50,000, not enough to buy half a loaf of bread.
The central bank plans to introduce Z$100,000, Z$500,000 and Z$1 million (about U.S.$8) notes.
Image: A vendor displays a Z$1 million at his makeshift market stall in Harare. | Photograph: Desmond Kwande/AFP/Getty Images
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