Botswana pula
Botswana pula: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- BWP
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The pula launched on 23 August 1976, replacing the South African rand. The issuer reports an initial 100-day rand-for-pula exchange period with parity guaranteed. [1]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Botswana introduced the pula in exchange for the rand at par. The initial guaranteed exchange window lasted 100 days. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Bank of Botswana · History of Botswana Currency C498 ↗
- Bank of Botswana · History of Botswana Currency C949 ↗
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“Botswana pula.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000194.html