eli5 Why do countries like Thailand, Zimbabwe etc have very number numbers (£100 = 4,428 Thai baht, $47,000 Zimbabwe) for something low value?

Question

As mentioned above, why do you they use such high numbers for a relatively low value item?

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Answer 1

To add a third answer for countries such as japan its becasue they don’t have any smaller denominations so Yen is closer to meaning cents than it is to meaning dollars.