Talk:Bangladeshi taka

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In a previous edit much like the word buck (pl. bucks) in English is used to refer to dollar amounts. was used to describe the use of Taka to refer to the Indian Rupee, in the Assamese and Bengali languages.

This isn't a valid analogy. Taka is used officially to refer to the Indian Rupee in these languages (look at any Rupee note, or at http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/Language%20Panel%20on%20Notes.html which contains a written description of the denomination in each Indian language. For Assamese and Bengali, Taka is written.

On the other hand, (for example), the US Dollar is never officially called a buck.

--Arun 11:24, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

I understand your point, but the sentence "though this article will talk about the Bangladeshi currency" sounds really awkward. Can you reword it? --Ragib 16:02, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Pics

Wouldn't it be better if someone put ek poisha thru an updated ek coin picture up there

[edit] Treasury/Bank ?

Could someone who knows put up an explanation as to what the functional difference there is between the two? 68.39.174.238 16:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

One is issued by the Government (treasury) and is noted as such on the face of the note. The other is issued by the state owned Bank (Bangladesh Bank), and is stated on the face of the note as such. --Ragib 16:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usage of ৲ (BENGALI RUPEE MARK U+09F2)

In the List of circulating currencies, it lists ৲ as a symbol for this currency. My suspicion is that the symbol is actually used to indicate a single taka, though I have no evidence for that. Anyway, perhaps someone with specific knowledge of Bangladeshi currency would like to write something about it in the main article? --Ajhoughton 11:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)