| Bangladeshi taka | |||
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| টাকা | |||
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| ISO 4217 code | BDT | ||
| User(s) | Bangladesh | ||
| Inflation | 5.39 % | ||
| Source | Global Times;source from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics July 2009 | ||
| Subunit | |||
| 1/100 | paisa | ||
| Symbol | |||
| Coins | |||
| Freq. used | 1, 2, 5 Taka | ||
| Rarely used | 1, 5, 10, 25 & 50 poisha | ||
| Banknotes | |||
| Freq. used | 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 & 1000 Taka | ||
| Rarely used | 1 Taka | ||
| Central bank | Bangladesh Bank | ||
| Website | www.bangladeshbank.org.bd | ||
| Printer | The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd. | ||
| Website | www.spcbl.org.bd | ||
The Taka (Bengali:টাকা, sign: ৳ or Tk, code: BDT) is the currency of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country controls the issuance of the currency except one taka and two taka notes, which are the responsibility of Ministry of Finance of the government of Bangladesh. The most commonly used symbol for the Taka is Tk and ৳, used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. One taka is subdivided into 100 poisha.
In Bengali, the word "taka" is also commonly used generically to mean any money, currency, or notes. Thus, colloquially, a person speaking Bengali may use "taka" to refer to money regardless of what currency it is denominated in. The currency sign is encoded in Unicode at U+09F3 ৳ bengali currency sign (HTML: ৳ ).
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In 1971, the erstwhile province of East Bengal became the independent nation of Bangladesh with the Pakistan Rupee as its interim currency. The taka became Bangladesh's currency in 1972, replacing the Pakistani rupee at par. The word "taka" is derived from the Sanskrit term तनक tanka which was an ancient denomination of silver coin. The term taka was widely used in different parts of India but with varying meanings. In north India, taka was a copper coin equal to two paise and in the south, it was equal to four paisa or one anna. It was only in Bengal and Orissa where taka was equal to rupee. In all areas of India, taka was used informally for money in general. However, Bengal was the stronghold of taka.
The rupee was introduced by the Turko-Afghan rulers and was strongly upheld by the Mughals and the British rulers. The Bengali and Oriya people always used the word taka for the rupee, whether silver or gold. Ibn Battuta, the Arab traveller, noticed that, in Bengal, people described gold coins (Dinar) as gold tanka and silver coin as silver tanka. In other words, whatever might be the metallic content of the coin, the people of Bengal called it taka. When the Pakistan Rupee was issued prior to 1971 bearing both Urdu and Bengali alphabets (the official languages of the West and East zones respectively), the word taka was used in Bangla version instead of rupiya, as in Urdu version.
In West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram, Orissa, and Assam, the Indian rupee is officially known by names derived from the word टङ्क (ṭaṃka) which means money. Thus, the rupee is called টাকা (ṭaka) in Bengali, টকা (tôka) in Assamese, and ଟଙ୍କା (ṭangka) in Oriya. The amount and the word "rupee" is accordingly written on Indian banknotes in several Indian languages including টকা, টাকা.
Currency notes and coins of the taka are issued by the Bangladesh Bank which is the central bank of Bangladesh. Currency notes bear the signature of the governor of the Bangladesh Bank who promises to pay the equivalent value in exchange. The exception is one taka and two taka notes. In this case, it is the Ministry of Finance of the government of Bangladesh that shoulders the responsibility. One taka and two taka notes bear the signature of the Finance Secretary to the government.
Upon Bangladesh's independence, the value of the Bangladeshi taka was set between 7.5 and 8.0 to US$1.[1] With the exception of fiscal year 1978, the taka's value relative to the US dollar declined every year from 1971 through the end of 1987.[1] To help offset this phenomenon, Bangladesh first used the compensatory financing facility of the International Monetary Fund in fiscal year 1974.[1] Despite the increasing need for assistance, the Mujib government was initially unwilling to meet the IMF's conditions on monetary and fiscal policy.[1] By fiscal year 1975, however, the government revised its stance, declaring a devaluation of the taka by 56 percent and agreeing to the establishment by the World Bank of the Bangladesh Aid Group.[1]
Between 1980 and 1983, the taka sustained a decline of some 50 percent because of a deterioration in Bangladesh's balance of payments.[1] Between 1985 and 1987, the taka was adjusted in frequent incremental steps, stabilizing again around 12 percent lower in real terms against the United States dollar, but at the same time narrowing the difference between the official rate and the preferential secondary rate from 15 percent to 7.5 percent.[1] Accompanying this structural adjustment was an expansion in the amount of trade conducted at the secondary rate, to 53 percent of total exports and 28 percent of total imports.[1] In mid-1987, the official rate was relatively stable, approaching less than Tk31 to US$1.[1] As of January 3, 2011, one US dollar is equivalent to approximately 72 Bangladeshi taka.[2]
In 1973, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 poisha. 1 poisha coins followed in 1974, with 1 taka coins introduced in 1975. The 1, 5 and 10 poisha were struck in aluminium, with the 25 and 50 poisha struck in steel and the 1 taka in copper-nickel. The 5 poisha were square with rounded corners, whilst the 10 poisha were scalloped. Steel 5 taka were introduced in 1994, whilst a steel 2 taka coin followed in 2004.
1 and 5 poisha coins are rarely found in circulation. 10, 25, and 50 poisha coins do not circulate widely. Only the 1, 2 and 5 taka are regularly found in circulation.
| 1973 Series | ||||||
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| Image | Value | Composition | Description | Date of first minting | ||
| Reverse | Obverse | Obverse | Reverse | |||
| 5 poisha | Aluminium | National emblem | 1973 | |||
| 10 poisha | ||||||
| 25 poisha | Steel | Rohu | ||||
| 50 poisha | ||||||
| 1974 Series (FAO) | ||||||
| 1 poisha | Aluminium | National emblem | Ornamental design, floral patterns | 1974 | ||
| 5 poisha | ||||||
| 10 poisha | ||||||
| 25 poisha | Steel | |||||
| 1 taka | Various | Four human figures, slogan "Planned family - Food for All" | 1975 | |||
| 1977 Series (FAO) | ||||||
| 5 poisha | Aluminium | National emblem | Plough, Industrial wheel | 1977 | ||
| 10 poisha | A man and a woman seated on 2 back steeds facing each other | |||||
| 25 poisha | Steel | Royal Bengal Tiger | ||||
| 50 poisha | Hilsha fish, Chicken, Pineapple, Banana | |||||
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| 50 poisha (Actual ones have the size of above 25 poisha coin) | Steel | National emblem | Hilsha fish, Chicken, Pineapple, Banana | 2001 | ||
| 1 ৳ (Taka) | Four human figures, slogan "Planned family - Food for All" | 1992 | ||||
| 1 ৳ (Taka) (Golden Version ) | Four human figures, slogan "Planned family - Food for All" | 1996 | ||||
| 1 ৳ (Taka) | Four human figures, slogan "Planned family - Food for All" | 2003 | ||||
| 1 ৳ (Taka) | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 2010 | ||||
| 2 ৳ (Taka) | Steel | National emblem | Education for All | 2004 | ||
| 2 ৳ (Taka) | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 2010 | ||||
| 5 ৳ (Taka) | Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge | 1994 | ||||
In 1971, Pakistani notes for 1, 5 and 10 rupees were overstamped for use in Bangladesh. These were followed in 1972 by treasury notes for 1 taka and notes of the Bangladesh Bank for 5, 10 and 100 taka. In 1975, banknotes for 50 taka were introduced, followed by 500 taka in 1977 and 20 taka in 1980. 1 taka treasury notes were issued until 1984, with 2 taka treasury notes introduced in 1989.
In 2000, the government issued polymer 10 taka notes as an experiment (similar to the Australian dollar). They proved unpopular, however, and were withdrawn later. At present, the 1 taka and 5 taka notes are gradually being replaced with coins.
In 2008, the government issued 1000 taka notes.
In 2011, Bangladesh Bank began issuing a new series of banknotes denominated in 2, 5, 100, 500, and 1000-taka. All are dated 2011 and feature a portrait and watermark of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along the National Martyr's Monument in Savar at center front.[3]
| Currently Circulating Notes | |||||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | Remarks | |||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | issue | Status | ||||||
| 2 ৳ (Taka) | 100 × 60 mm | Orange and green | Shahid Minar | National Bird Doyel | 29 December 1988 | Current | To be replaced by 2 Taka coins | ||||
| 5 ৳ (Taka) | 119 × 64 mm | Cream | Mehrab | Industrial landscape | 8 October 2006 | Current | first issued on 2 May 1978 | ||||
| 10 ৳ (Taka) | 122 × 59 mm | Pink | Baitul Mukarram | Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban | Present version 21 September 2006 | Current | first issued on 2 June 1972 | ||||
| 20 ৳ (Taka) | 130 × 60 mm | Green | Choto Sona Mosque | 4 men washing jute | Present version 13 July 2002 | Current | first issued on 20 August 1979 | ||||
| 50 ৳ (Taka) | 130 × 60 mm | Cream, lime green | Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban | Bagha Mosque | Present version 30 July 2005 | Current | first issued on 1 March 1976 | ||||
| 100 ৳ (Taka) | 140 × 62 mm | Blue | National Monument | Jamuna Bridge | Present version 16 July 2006 | Current | first issued on 1 September 1972 | ||||
| 500 ৳ (Taka) | 153 × 69 mm | Purple | National Monument | The Supreme Court, Dhaka | Present version 24 October 2004 | Current | first issued on 15 December 1976 | ||||
| 1000 ৳ (Taka) | 160 x 72 mm | Reddish pink | Shahid Minar | Curzon Hall | Present version 27 October 2008 | Current | first issued on 27 October 2008 | ||||
| 10 ৳ (Taka) (Polymer banknote) | 152 x 64 mm | Pink | Bangabandhu | Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban | 14 December 2000 | Withdrawn | First Polymer note in Bangladesh | ||||
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. Source: Bangladesh Bank website |
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