Catalog
20 Pula
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Size | 144 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Botswana This note is legal tender for Twenty Pula MINISTER OF FINANCE GOVERNOR PULA |
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| Protection description | an ostrich's head visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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The Bank of Botswana has issued its notes through the South African Bank Note Company since the pula was introduced in 1976, a printing relationship that reflects both geographic pragmatism and the deep economic ties between Botswana and its southern neighbor. By 1999, the 20 Pula sat in the middle of a series that had been incrementally updated through the 1990s with revised security specifications — the security thread on this issue is a windowed rather than fully embedded type, a distinction worth noting when comparing against earlier pulls from the same denomination.