Bank of Botswana Currency & Banknote Values

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Bank of Botswana series of Botswana in the World Currency contains 148 distinct entries with CPG^® values between $1.00 and $250.00.

The establishment of Banka Ya Botswana (Setswana: Bank of Botswana, BOB) was preceded by negotiations for a monetary agreement with South Africa in 1972. A Monetary Preparatory Commission was appointed a year later. On 6 September 1974, the first president, Seretse Khama, announced the government’s decision to withdraw from the Rand Monetary Area. In April 1975, the Bank of Botswana and Financial Institutions bills were passed to legislate the establishment of a central bank and the framework to govern financial institutions that would fall under the supervision of the central bank, respectively. For more information, visit www.bankofbotswana.bw.