Zimbabwe 500 Million Dollars Banknote, 2008, P-82, Used, TAP Authenticated

The Zimbabwe 500 Million Dollars Banknote was issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in 2008. The obverse of the purple banknote features the Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth. It shows stylized grains and a cow in the underprint, and a Zimbabwe Bird in Optically Variable Ink. The reverse depicts workers milking cows and a miner with a jackhammer. The banknote contains a 3-mm gold-to-green OVI stripe with repeating RBZ. It does not contain a security thread or watermark. The banknote measures 148 x 74 mm and is signed by Dr. Gideon Gono. This particular banknote is in used condition and has been TAP authenticated.