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1 Taka FAO
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1975-1977 |
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| Value | 1 Taka |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the National Emblem of Bangladesh: a shapla (water lily) framed on either side by a pair of upright rice ears, with a spray of three tea leaves above and four stars flanking the upper portion of the emblem, symbolising the four founding principles of the 1972 constitution — nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy. The emblem is rendered in crisp relief against a plain field, with no encircling legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | বাংলাদেশ এক ১ টাকা ১৯৭৫ পরিকল্পিত পরিবার - সবার জন্য খাদ্য (Translation: Bangladesh One 1 Taka 1975 Planned Family- Food for All) |
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Bangladesh's early post-independence coinage was heavily shaped by international aid programs, and this issue was produced under the FAO's "Food for All" campaign — a United Nations initiative that prompted dozens of countries to issue agricultural-themed coins throughout the 1970s. The program was less about commemorating harvests than about pressuring member governments to visibly commit to food security policy at a moment when the 1974 Bangladesh famine had killed an estimated 1.5 million people.