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  • 10 Apr 2024
  • 6 min

Explainer 412: Going for gold

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • 6 min

Zimbabwe is introducing its new official currency, the ZiG, which is tied to the country’s gold reserves. Given that its five previous currencies have collapsed, Andrew Mueller muses on this one’s potential to last.

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  • Andrew Mueller

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