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.
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.