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	Brąz (97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin)
Weight	2.7 g
Diameter	19.5 mm
Thickness	1.27 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
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

Godło Botswany (tarcza plemienna z kłem i łodygą po obu stronach) Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BOTSWANA IPELEGENG
PULA
1976

Engraver: Michael Hibbit

Reverse

Dzioborożec czerwonodzioby po lewej (Tockus erythrorhynchus), nazwa u góry. Jest to kompleks gatunków czasami podzielonych na 5 gatunków, z których jeden, występujący w Botswanie, to T. damarensis. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
5
THEBE

Engraver: Michael Hibbit

Edge

Trzcina Automatically translated

Mint

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

Comments

Co oznacza słowo "Pula"? Pula dosłownie oznacza "deszcz" w języku Tswana, ponieważ deszcz jest bardzo rzadki w Botswanie (większość powierzchni pustyni Kalahari znajduje się tutaj), a zatem cenny i błogosławiony. Słowo to jest również mottem narodowym kraju.

Co oznacza słowo "Ipelegeng"? Słowo "Ipelegeng" dosłownie oznacza "nosić własny ciężar" lub "być samowystarczalnym lub niezależnym", ogólnie ma różne znaczenia w języku Tswana. Ipelegeng to także południowoafrykańskie miasto i botswański program stworzony w celu zmniejszenia ubóstwa w kraju.

Spośród monet z 1976 roku, 800 000 zostało wybitych w 1975 roku, a 2 203 000 w 1976 roku. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

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.

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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	(en) Minted in 1975-1976	38%
1976	16 742								(en) 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								(en) 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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