Botswana, first coinage: adopted and unadopted designs

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20 cents.

Miner design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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25 cents.

Oryx design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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50 cents.

Bull design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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1 thebe.

Grey lourie design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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5 thebe.

Hornbill bird design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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10 thebe.

Oryx design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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25 thebe.

Bull design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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Bird design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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Farm design by Ann Oxley.

Image courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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Botswana, 150 pula, 1976.

Obverse: Sir Seretse Kama (1921–1980).

He was President of Botswana from 1966 until 1980.

Stuart Devlin produced the portrait of Seretse Kama.

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Seretse Khama.



Seretse Khama and Barbara Castle.

Stuart Devlin was shown these photos of Seretse Khama for reference purposes.

In the second photo, you see him meeting Barbara Castle and Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary Wilson.

Barbara Castle was an English member of parliament who was active in the fight against apartheid.

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Unadopted alternative.




Scans of Stuart Devlin's portrait sketches.

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Some photos that were provided by the Royal Mint to the artists for reference purposes.

Images are copyright and courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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Some more photos that were provided by the Royal Mint to the artists for reference purposes.

Images are copyright and courtesy of the Royal Mint Museum.

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The word IPELEGENG means roughly 'self-reliance'. It was added to the coins at the request of the Food and Agriculture Organization.