The new bond notes sparked a mix of hope and apprehension among a population desperate for a solution to the country`s cash crisis but also skeptical of the ability of President Robert Mugabe`s government to manage a currency.
In 2008 and 2009 the state`s central bank printed so much of its currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, that the country experienced mind-boggling hyperinflation that reached 500 billion percent, according to the International Monetary Fund. The inflation was only brought under control when the government abandoned the Zimbabwe currency.
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