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.
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.