At the date of first issue the $ 250 million bearer cheque was worth approximately US $ 1.30 on the parallel market.
12.
On 15 September 2003, the RBZ and Standard Chartered issued special Bearer cheques with denominations ranging from $ 5 000 to $ 20 000.
13.
Between 1974 and 1976, the Banco Nacional de S�o Tom?e Pr�ncipe issued bearer cheques for circulation in denominations of 100, 500 and 1000 escudos.
14.
A selection of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe bearer cheques printed between July 2007 to July 2008 ( now expired ) that illustrate the hyperinflation rate in Zimbabwe.
15.
On 15 May 2008, a new $ 500 million bearer cheque was issued by the RBZ . At time of first issue it was worth US $ 1.93.
16.
Before that Murerwa wanted to introduce $ 250, 000 bearer cheque during the absence of Gono which would have fuelled the inflation rate further only to be stopped by Mugabe.
17.
However, on 18 December 2007, it was reported that a further printing of the current Z $ 200, 000 bearer cheques had been produced, seemingly instead of revaluing.
18.
The " Zim Independent " and " Zim Online " reported on 4 April 2008 that 25 and 50 million dollar bearer cheques were issued on 4 April.
19.
The "'2006 bearer cheque series "'was put into circulation on 1 August 2006 and initially consisted of 14 denominations, ranging from 1?to $ 100 000.
20.
Banknotes in the denominations of $ 1, $ 5, $ 10, $ 20, $ 100 and $ 500 were introduced and replaced bearer cheques and agro cheques by 31 December 2008.
