5 Thebe reeded edge

Features

Issuer	Botswana
Period	Republic (1966-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1976-1989
Value	5 Thebe (0.05 BWP)
Currency	Pula (1976-date)
Composition	Bronze (97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin)
Weight	2.7 g
Diameter	19.5 mm
Thickness	1.27 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	23 August 1976
Demonetized	1 July 2014
Number	N# 1047
References	KM# 4 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 5 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Botswana emblem (tribal shield with tusk and stalk on either side)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BOTSWANA IPELEGENG
PULA
1976

Engraver: Michael Hibbit

Reverse

Red-billed hornbill left (Tockus erythrorhynchus), denomination at top. It is a complex of species occasionnaly split into 5 species, one of which, present in Botswana, is T. damarensis.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
THEBE

Engraver: Michael Hibbit

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

What does the word "Pula" mean? Pula literally means "rain" in Tswana language, because rain is very scarce in Botswana (most of the surface of Kalahari Desert is situated here) and therefore valuable and a blessing. The word also is the national motto of the country.

What does the word "Ipelegeng" mean? The word "Ipelegeng" literally means "to carry your own weight" or "to be self sufficient or independent", in general has got different meanings in Tswana language. Ipelegeng is also a South African city and a Botswana program created for reducing the poverty in the country.

Of the coins dated 1976, 800,000 were minted in 1975 and 2,203,000 were minted in 1976.

Present in sets

1976 The First Coinage of the Republic of Botswana

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1976	3 000 000		$ 0.27	$ 0.35	$ 0.49	$ 0.58	$ 0.71	$ 1.20	Minted in 1975-1976	38%
1976	16 742								Proof	3%
1977	250 000									5%
1979	200 000				$ 0.46					2%
1980	1 000 000				$ 0.37	$ 1.00				9%
1981	4 990 000			$ 0.16	$ 0.54	$ 0.54	$ 1.50			25%
1981	10 000								Proof	1.0%
1984	2 000 000		$ 0.55	$ 0.72	$ 0.72			$ 1.10		19%
1985										0.7%
1988				$ 0.23	$ 0.46	$ 0.52				22%
1989		$ 0.12	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.46	$ 0.57				22%

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