Exchange rate: In 2003, the black market equivalent of US$1,000 was approximately Zimbabwe $5m
Imagine if your bank balance had a figure followed by 15 zeros - you'd consider yourself very lucky and rich indeed.
But the exchange rate in Zimbabwe will see locals trading quadrillions of local dollars for a fistful of US dollars next week.
The hyper-inflation of 500 billion per cent the country suffered suffered seven years ago played a part in elevating the country's currency, which is now exchanging at 35 quadrillion (35,000,000,000,000,000) Zimbabwe dollars to one US dollars, or about 64 pence.
At the height of Zimbabwe's economic crisis in 2008, prices were rising at least twice a day, and Zimbabweans had to carry plastic bags bulging with bank notes to buy basic goods like bread and milk.
The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the US dollar and South African rand in 2009.
Meaty deal: The Magrosa offers two sausage rolls for $50,750,000,000,000,000 each - or 94 pence
The highest - and last - bank note to be printed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in 2008 was 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollars, which wasn't enough to ride a bus to work for a week.
The RBZ have told customers that if they have old Zimbabwean dollar notes they can walk into any bank exchange them.
But what can Zimbabwe dollars buy you?
Local shopping website www.magrosa.com offers two sausage rolls for $50,750,000,000,000,000 each, or 94 pence.
A pot of Bovril is $107,450,000,000,000,000, or around ?2.
Toilet cleaner Duck Active is $102,550,000,000,000,000, equivalent to ?1.90.
And latex gloves are $107,450,000,000,000,000, or ?2.
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