The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 2, January 9, 2005, Article 10

MISCHIEVOUS SLOGANS ON ZIMBABWE BANKNOTES

From a January 05, 2005 article by Reuters:
"The Zimbabwe government today slammed what it called
mischievous political slogans appearing on banknotes as
campaigning heats up ahead of parliamentary polls due in
March. State media have published pictures of banknotes
stamped with the messages "enough" and "get up, stand up"
and linked them to a pressure group which the ruling party
says is aligned to the main opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC)."

"David Chapfika, the deputy finance minister, said the
government would "come down hard" on the culprits if
caught, saying it was a criminal offence to deface the
country's currency. "We are still doing our investigations
but the slogans appear to be synonymous with slogans
used by certain characters in the opposition," Chapfika,
a member of parliament for Mugabe's ruling Zanu(PF)
party, said."

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[Political slogans appearing on coins and currency are
nothing new. Has anyone ever compiled a listing of
modern political and other graffiti on numismatic items?
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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