Country of Origin: Botswana
REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
10th ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE ISSUE (1966-1976)
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD PULAS
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS WITH SUPPORTERS; DENOMINATION ABOVE.
REV: PORTRAIT BUST OF SERETSE KHAMA.
KM # 10
SIR SERETSE KHAMA (1921-1980) WAS BORN TO THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE NGWATO PEOPLE. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS INTEGRITY, SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER UNDER THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE, FOUNDED THE BOTSWANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WAS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT AFTER INDEPENDENCE IN 1966. HE WOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT TWICE MORE, AND UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION HIS COUNTRY SAW RAPID ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS.
CONTAINS 15.98 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (.4711 OZ AGW)
28 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 2,000 MINTED!
