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50 Pula
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Printer | François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Bank of BOTSWANA MINISTER OF FINANCE GOVERNOR This note is legal tender for Fifty Pula |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of an Okavango Delta waterway scene, with a fisherman poling a traditional mokoro dugout canoe through calm waters lined with papyrus and palm vegetation. A large African fish eagle in full-spread landing pose occupies the right side of the composition. Denomination numerals set within guilloche rosettes appear on both flanking sides, with the printer's imprint at lower centre. |
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The 2000 date on this note places it within a period of significant economic optimism for Botswana — diamond revenues had been driving some of the fastest GDP growth on the continent for nearly two decades, and the Pula itself, introduced in 1976 to replace the Rand at par, had become one of Africa's more stable currencies. François-Charles Oberthur in Rennes had by this point a long relationship with Francophone and Anglophone African issuers alike, and their work for the Bank of Botswana is competent if unremarkable.
Pick 22 is not a scarce note in circulated grades, though uncirculated examples with undamaged security thread are less common than the issue numbers suggest.