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50 Pula
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana / Banka ya Botswana |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Pula (1976-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Botswana MINISTER OF FINANCE GOVERNOR This note is legal tender for Fifty Pula 50 |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Okavango Delta waterway with a figure poling a mokoro canoe amid lush papyrus vegetation, and a fish eagle in full flight at right. Guilloche borders frame the scene on both sides, with the Setswana bank title at top and denomination in Setswana at lower centre. Printer's imprint 'Thomas De La Rue Limited' appears at bottom. |
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| Comments |
The 1997 series marked a significant redesign for Botswana's higher denominations, with De La Rue overhauling the visual language of the pula notes during a period of sustained economic growth driven by diamond revenues. Mogae's signature here predates his presidency — he was serving as Minister of Finance and Development Planning before succeeding Masire in 1998, making this one of the few notes to carry his pre-presidential authorization.
The pairing of Mogae and Hermans as signatories is specific to a narrow window of issue.