Catalog
100 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Currency | Taka (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | A circular vignette at left contains a map of Bangladesh set within a guilloche underprint border. To the right, an intaglio portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman faces left. The bank name in Bengali script appears across the top panel, with the denomination stated in both Bengali and English along the lower margin. Serial number and prefix appear in red at upper right and lower left. |
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| Variants | P#9a - serial # panel at upper right with blue background P#9b - serial # panel at upper right with predominantly brown background |
| Comments |
Bangladesh Bank's first 100 Taka series, issued in 1972, came into existence within months of the country's formal independence — the central bank itself had only been established by the Bangladesh Bank Order promulgated in December 1971. These early notes were a matter of urgent necessity, not considered design. The printing was handled by the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd., but given the near-total absence of industrial infrastructure following the Liberation War, early production faced significant technical constraints.
P#9 is the rarer of the two signature varieties in this founding series. Watermark authentication was the sole mechanical security feature — a reflection of both the speed of production and available facilities at the time of issue.