Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Pula
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
|---|---|
| Year | 2013-2022 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central bronze-plated steel disc bearing the coat of arms of Botswana, featuring two zebras as supporters flanking a shield divided into three sections with wavy lines, a cogwheel, and a bull's head below; a scroll at the base of the shield bears the national motto 'PULA' in the exergue. The date of issue appears below the central device. The surrounding nickel-plated steel ring carries the legend 'BOTSWANA' along the upper arc and 'IPELEGENG' along the lower arc, with sorghum sprigs decorating the field at either side. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Botswana's pula — meaning "rain" in Setswana — carries particular weight as a currency name in a country where rainfall is genuinely scarce and historically tied to prosperity. The Bank of Botswana has maintained one of the more stable currencies in sub-Saharan Africa, underpinned by diamond revenue that transformed the country from one of the world's poorest at independence in 1966 to an upper-middle-income economy within two generations.
The bimetallic construction was adopted for the 2 Pula as a straightforward anti-counterfeiting measure, a format widely introduced across African coinage in the 1990s and 2000s.