THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION OF ZIMBABWE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW 100 BILLION DOLLAR BANK NOTE WILL GO INTO CIRCULATION THIS MONTH.

THE NEW NOTE WAS CREATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP FIX CASH SHORTAGES THAT HAS HIT THE NATION DUE TO A POST-ELECTION CRISIS, WHICH SAW HYPERINFLATION GO UP FROM 165,000 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY TO 2.2 MILLION PERCENT IN JUNE.

IN JANUARY, A 10 MILLION DOLLAR NOTE WAS ISSUED, THEN IN APRIL, A $50 MILLION AND $500 MILLION (PICTURED) NOTES WERE CREATED AND SHORTLY AFTER, NOTES WENT AS HIGH AS 25 AND 50 BILLION.

ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS LEFT AT LEAST 80% OF THE POPULATION LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY THRESHOLD AND HAS LEFT A SHORTAGE OF BASIC GOODS IN SHOPS.