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20 Pula
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 1982-1997 |
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| Value | 20 Pula |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF BOTSWANA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY PULA MINISTER OF FINANCE GOVERNOR |
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| Reverse lettering | BANKA YA BOTSWANA PULA TSE DI MASOME MABEDI |
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Four signature combinations appear across this series, reflecting genuine personnel changes at the Bank of Botswana over a fifteen-year run — Festus Mogae served as Governor before becoming Vice President and then President of Botswana in 1998, making his appearance on this note an early institutional trace of a significant political career.
The long print run by De La Rue without fundamental redesign was practical rather than negligent; Botswana's currency remained stable and the pula was never subject to the inflationary pressures that forced redesigns elsewhere in the region during the same period.