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10 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Taka (1972-date) |
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| Reverse description | The see-through registration window of the polymer substrate carries a vignette of the Royal Bengal Tiger alongside a water lily motif, visible as a transparent element against the surrounding multicolour underprint. |
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| Protection type | See-through register, Polymer substrate security features |
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| Comments |
Bangladesh's 10 Taka polymer note of 2000 was among the earlier adoptions of the Australian polymer substrate by a South Asian central bank — a shift driven primarily by durability concerns in a country where heat, humidity, and flooding routinely destroy paper currency within months of issue. Note Printing Australia had been supplying polymer notes internationally since the late 1980s, and Bangladesh Bank's conversion of the 10 Taka denomination was a practical response to chronic replacement costs rather than any prestige consideration.
The see-through register — a window element built into the substrate — was still a relatively novel feature for general circulation notes at the turn of the millennium.