2 Pula
Features
| Issuer |
Botswana
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1966-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1994 |
| Value | 2 Pula (2 BWP) |
| Currency | Pula (1976-date) |
| Composition | Nickel brass |
| Weight | 6.03 g |
| Diameter | 26.4 mm |
| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
| Shape | Heptagonal (7-sided) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 1 August 1994 |
| Demonetized | 1 July 2014 |
| Number | N# 3233 |
| References | KM# 25 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Obverse
National arms with supporters, date below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BOTSWANA IPELEGENG
PULA
1994
Reverse
White rhinoceros left, denomination above. The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest species of rhinoceros.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 2 PULA
Edge
Milled
Comments
Issue date: August 1, 1994.
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.
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| Date | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 1994 | $ 0.29 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.30 | $ 2.40 | $ 3.80 | ||||||||
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