Botswana Pula Currency Converter
Botswana Pula Currency Converter
Convert Botswana Pula to Pounds, Pounds to Botswana Pula , Botswana Pula to Euro, Euro to Pula, Convert Botswana Pula to Dollar, Dollars to Pula
Botswana Pula
This currency converter is organised with the Botswana pula in mind but it contains the entire currencies of the world arranged by country name – listing the ten most popular currencies first. Special units and precious metals are also listed separately and both alphabetically at the end of the list. You can now convert Botswana pula to the currency of any country in the world, you can equally convert any country’s currency to Botswana pula, convert currencies of any country to the equivalent of another country’s currency (e.g. convert dollar to Pounds, dollar to euro, pounds to euro, pounds to dollar to yen, etc). It lets you perform currency and foreign exchange rate calculations, using live, up to the minute mid-market currency rates. The rates displayed are the official FOREX rates and not Black Market rates.
Instructions on how to use
Type the amount of source currency in the input box. You may include commas and decimal point. Then scroll down to select the source and destination currencies and press “GO!” The results of your conversion will be displayed. Note: An asterisk (*) indicates if currencies are obsolete or being phased out.
About Pula
The pula is the currency of Botswana. It is represented by the ISO 4217 code BWP. Botswana pula is subdivided into 100 thebe. The pula was introduced in 1976, replacing the South African rand at par. Despite 12% devaluation in May 2005, the pula remains one of the strongest currencies in Africa.
Coins were introduced in 1976 in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe and 1 pula. Coins were introduced in 1981, but discontinued after 1985. In 1991, bronze-plated steel replaced bronze in the 5 thebe, nickel-plated steel replaced cupro-nickel in the 10, 25 and 50 thebe and the 1 pula changed to a smaller, nickel-brass, equilateral-curve seven-sided coin. A similarly shaped, nickel-brass 2 pula was introduced in 1994. In 1998, following the withdrawal of the 1 and 2 thebe, smaller 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe coins were introduced, with the 5 and 25 thebe coins being seven-sided and the 10 and 50 thebe coins remaining round. A bimetallic 5 pula was introduced in 2000 composed of a cupronickel centre in a brass ring.
In 1976, the Bank of Botswana introduced notes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 & 20 pula. The 1 & 2 pula notes were replaced by coins in 1991 & 1994, whilst 50 & 100 pula notes were introduced in 1992 & 1993, respectively. The 5 pula note was replaced by a coin in 2000. According to a press release, the old 1, 2 and 5 pula banknotes were demonetized on 1 July 2006, but can be exchanged at the central bank for 5 years.
A new series of notes was introduced on 24 August 2009
