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5 Pula Disabled persons
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 28.500 g |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a scene of rehabilitation and self-sufficiency: a disabled person seated at a workbench is assisted by a standing figure, with a traditional thatched rondavel and vegetation visible in the background. The official emblem of the International Year of Disabled Persons — a stylised figure within a laurel wreath — appears at the top of the field. The curved legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 5 PULA is inscribed to the lower left. The Setswana phrase TLAMELA DIGOLE (meaning assist the disabled) curves along the lower legend. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued as part of the International Year of Disabled Persons, declared by the United Nations for 1981, this coin belongs to a wave of commemorative programs that Botswana used strategically throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s to generate foreign exchange through numismatic sales — a common revenue approach for small nations with limited export bases. The Bank of Botswana contracted several of these issues to overseas mints during this period, as domestic minting infrastructure was not yet established.