Zimbabwe is an interesting (and tragic) case of hyperinflation. Between 1980 and 2000, their rate of inflation fluctuated between 7% and 55%.
In 2001, it was 112%.
2003: 598%
2006: 1,281%
2007: 66,212%
2008 July: 231,150,888%
2009 November: 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000%
They printed 100 trillion Zimbabwean Dollar notes at one point. For comparison, in October of 2008, $1 USD was equivalent to Z$ 2.6 trillion.
In 2009, they abandoned their state currency. They use primarily US dollars now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe
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