Zimbabwe debuts gold coins as legal tender to stem inflation


              A vendor displays newspaper banners as a vendor prepares to sell, on a street, in  Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022. Zimbabwe on Monday launched gold coins to be sold to the public to try to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              People queue to enter a bank, in Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022. Zimbabwe on Monday launched gold coins to be sold to the public to try to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              People stand in a bank queue in  Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022. Zimbabwe on Monday launched gold coins to be sold to the public to try to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              A man walks past newspaper banners, in Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022. Zimbabwe on Monday launched gold coins to be sold to the public to try to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya holds a sample of a gold coin at the launch in Harare, Monday, July, 25, 2022. Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country's unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya holds a sample of a gold coin at the launch in Harare, Monday, July, 25, 2022. Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to to tame runaway inflation that that has further eroded the country's unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya holds a sample of a gold coin at the launch in Harare, Monday, July, 25, 2022.Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country's unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
            
              A reserve bank of Zimbabwe offical holds a sample of a gold coin at the launch in Harare, Monday, July, 25, 2022. Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country's unstable currency. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)