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50 Pula 50 Years of the Bank of Botswana
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Reference(s) | P#37 |
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| Reverse description | At left, a vignette of sprinter Letsile Tebogo holding his gold medal, inscribed '2024 Men's 200 metres Gold Olympian'; at right, the four-man relay team — Letsile Tebogo, Anthony Pesela, Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, and Bayapo Ndori — identified as '2024 Men's 4 x 400 metres Relay Silver Olympians', set against the national flag. The Bank of Botswana logo and '50 Pula' denomination appear at top. |
| Reverse lettering | Banka ya Botswana / 50 Pula / Letsile Tebogo / 2024 Men's 200 metres Gold Olympian / Letsile Tebogo / Anthony Pesela / Busang Collen Kebinatshipi / Bayapo Ndori / 2024 Men's 4 x 400 metres Relay Silver Olympians / OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 2025 |
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The Bank of Botswana was established in 1975, a decade after independence, making this commemorative issue a marker of half a century of central banking in one of Africa's most financially stable economies — a stability built almost entirely on diamond revenue managed through the Pula Fund, the country's sovereign wealth vehicle. Oberthur Fiduciaire, now operating as part of the IN Groupe network, has printed Botswana's currency for much of that history.
Paper substrate on a commemorative issue in 2025 is a deliberate choice — most anniversary notes at this tier have moved to polymer.