In January, the troubled nation of Zimbabwe issued a note denominated ten million Zimbabwean dollars. That note was the highest denomination ever issued by a government, anywhere.

I blogged about it in January — you can see that post and an image of the ZWD$10 million note here.

Now a report says that Zimbabwe has begun issuing notes denominated ZWD$25 million and ZWD$50 million as of today.

Another report shows images of a person holding new ZWD$50 million notes.

Technically the country calls these bearer checks, but they circulate like bank notes.

Sad as it is for Zimbabwe and its people, collectors of high-denomination paper money now have a new height to scale, not even three months since the ZWD$10 million note raised a new peak.