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1 Taka
| Issuer | Government of Bangladesh |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 1 Taka (1 BDT) |
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| Obverse lettering | গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ এক টাকা ONE TAKA কে এ জামান অর্থ সচিব, বাংলাদেশ সরকার (Translation: One Taka K A Jaman (Signature) Finance Secretary, Government of Bangladesh) |
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| Reverse lettering | গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH এক টাকা ONE TAKA |
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Bangladesh's first monetary instruments were produced before the country had any printing infrastructure of its own. This 1 Taka note was pressed at Nashik — the same facility that had long served the Reserve Bank of India — an arrangement that reflected both the speed of Bangladesh's emergence as a state in December 1971 and the depth of its dependence on Indian logistical support in those first months.
K. A. Jaman signed as Finance Secretary rather than a central bank governor because the Bangladesh Bank, though legally established in 1972, was not yet the authority over small-denomination currency. The 1 Taka remained a Finance Ministry instrument for decades afterward.