In addition to the current denomination structure comprising P10, P20, P50 and P100, the new P200 banknote was introduced. All of the notes are printed by TDLR and carry the printer’s imprint and the date 2009 on the back. The features of the new banknotes are as follows:
B124 (P30): 10 pula (US$0.95)
Green. Front: English text; President Lt General Seretse Khama Ian Khama; gemsbok antelope; coat of arms with zebras and shield. Back: National Assembly building in Gaborone. Windowed security thread with demetalized BOB 10. Watermark: Rearing zebra and electrotype 10. Printer: DE LA RUE. 132 x 66 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 8c: Gaolathe/Mohohlo. Prefix AA. Intro: 23.08.2009.
B125 (P31): 20 pula (US$1.85)
Red. Front: English text; composer Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete; coat of arms with zebras and shield. Back: Setswana text; mining conveyors. StarChrome red-to-green indowed security thread with demetalized BOB 20. Watermark: Rearing zebra and electrotype 20. Printer: DE LA RUE. 138 x 69 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 8c: Gaolathe/Mohohlo. Prefix AA. Intro: 23.08.2009.
B126 (P32): 50 pula (US$4.65)
Brown. Front: English text; Seretse Khama; Man poling mokoro; coat of arms with zebras and shield. Back: Setswana text; man poling mokoro; Okavango Delta swamps; African fish eagle. Holographic stripe. StarChrome windowed security thread with demetalized BOB 50. Watermark: Rearing zebra, electrotype 50, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 144 x 72 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 8c: Gaolathe/Mohohlo. Prefix AA. Intro: 23.08.2009.
B127 (P33): 100 pula (US$9.30)
Blue-violet. Front: English text; three chiefs: Sebele I, Bathoen I, and Khama III; diamond; coat of arms with zebras and shield. Back: Setswana text; woman viewing rough diamonds through magnifying loupe; Orapa open pit mine in Boteti Sub-District. Holographic stripe. StarChrome windowed security thread with demetalized BOB 100. Watermark: Rearing zebra, electrotype 100, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 150 x 75 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 8c: Gaolathe/Mohohlo. Prefix AA. Intro: 23.08.2009.
B128 (P34): 200 pula (US$19)
Purple. Front: English text; woman teaching two pupils with open lettering book; zebra drinking from watering hole; coat of arms with zebras and shield. Back: Setswana text; herd of zebras at waterhole. Holographic stripe. StarChrome windowed security thread with demetalized BOB 200. Watermark: Rearing zebra, electrotype 200, and Cornerstones. Printer: DE LA RUE. 156 x 78 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 8c: Gaolathe/Mohohlo. Prefix AA. Intro: 23.08.2009.
It is important that members of the public familiarise themselves with the new banknote security features when they (banknotes) are issued. The public is also requested to be vigilant in ensuring that only genuine banknotes are in circulation or in their possession at all times.
The existing banknotes will be withdrawn from circulation when the new banknotes are introduced. The public will be required to exchange what would be the old banknotes for equivalent value of new banknotes at designated places, such as commercial banks, Botswana Savings Bank outlets and Botswana Building Society branches and offices countrywide over a period of three months. After the three months period, what will then be old banknotes will be exchanged for new ones only at the Bank of Botswana banking halls in Gaborone and Francistown, for a period of five years to December 31, 2014. After December 31, 2014, all old banknotes will be demonetised and cease to be legal tender.
Courtesy of Ny Andry Ranaivosolo.