Catalog
50 Namibia Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Namibia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | A large central vignette presents two Greater Kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in a naturalistic savanna setting — a juvenile pair rendered in dark intaglio tones to the left and a full adult bull in green tonal print to the right, with the species name 'KUDU' inscribed beneath. The Namibian national flag appears in a panel at the upper left, set within a fine guilloche border, and the denomination numeral '50' is printed in the lower right corner. The full legend 'FIFTY NAMIBIA DOLLARS' and the currency symbol 'N$' run along the lower margin on a contrasting underprint band. |
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| Signature(s) | Tom K. Alweendo |
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Namibia's banknote series has been printed by Giesecke & Devrient since independence, a relationship that reflects both the printer's dominant presence across southern African central banks and the practical absence of a domestic security printing facility. The 2003 issue of this denomination carries the signature of Tom Alweendo, who served as Governor of the Bank of Namibia from 1997 to 2010 — one of the longer tenures in the institution's short history.
Pick 8 is the second substantive issue of the 50 Dollar denomination, superseding the 1993 inaugural series. Security provision remains relatively modest for the period: watermark and security thread only, without the foil elements or color-shifting ink that G&D was already supplying to other clients by this date.