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5 Thebe
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield of the Botswana coat of arms, depicting three cogwheels in the chief, wavy lines representing water in the fess, and a bull's head in the base. The shield is flanked on either side by a carved ivory tusk, with a sorghum stalk to the right. A scroll below the shield bears the national motto PULA in relief. The legend BOTSWANA appears along the left periphery and IPELEGENG along the right, with the date 2013 inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Botswana's thebe coinage takes its name from the Setswana word for "shield," introduced at independence from the pula monetary system launched in 1976 when the country severed its longstanding currency tie to the South African rand. The nickel clad steel composition adopted for this denomination replaced an earlier brass issue, a cost-driven decision common across southern African minting programs during the commodity price shifts of the late 1990s and 2000s.