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| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Currency | Taka (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a detailed vignette of the Atia Mosque (আতিয়া মসজিদ), a four-domed Mughal-period structure of the 17th century located in Delduar Upazila, Tangail District, rendered in intaglio over a fine guilloche underprint. The Bangladesh Bank seal and authority text frame the composition, with issuer name and denomination inscriptions in both Bengali and English arranged around the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bangladesh Bank's early note series was printed by De La Rue as the young republic — independent only since 1971 — worked to establish stable currency infrastructure following the catastrophic economic disruption of the Liberation War and its aftermath. The 1978 series represented a consolidation effort, replacing provisional and transitional issues that had circulated under difficult conditions since independence.
P#21 is watermarked but carries no other documented security features, reflecting the modest specifications typical of smaller-denomination orders placed with De La Rue by newly established central banks during this period.