Zimbabwe's own-label dollar coins face consumer resistance
By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Sureka Asbury HARARE (Reuters) - Nobody wanted the Zimbabwe dollar, so the southern African country dumped it for the U.S. dollar in 2009 to stave off economic collapse and sky-rocketing hyperinflation. Now nobody wants the "bond coins" it put in circulation last month to replace the lollipops, chewing gum and pens that have been used in lieu of change for transactions in shops. Adopting the U.S. dollar as your own currency, as Ecuador has also done, not only raises que
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