Catalog
20 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 2002-2006 |
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| Size | 130 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green on multicolour underprint with floral guilloche patterns at left and decorative corner ornaments. An oval intaglio vignette at right presents the Choto Shona Mosque (Small Golden Mosque), located in Chapai Nawabganj district. Inscriptions in Bengali script appear centrally, with the Bangladesh Bank title at top and the denomination 'Bish Taka' rendered in large Bengali characters. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette illustrating workers engaged in jute washing in a river, a scene central to Bangladesh's agricultural heritage and economy. The denomination numeral '20' appears at each corner against a guilloche underprint. |
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Bangladesh Bank introduced this series during a period of active denomination rationalization, with the 20 Taka filling a practical gap between the 10 and 50 Taka notes that had seen heavy wear in daily commerce. Cotton substrate was standard for the series, chosen for durability in Bangladesh's humid climate — a real factor in how quickly notes degraded in circulation.
The watermark remains the primary security measure on P#40, a relatively modest specification by early 2000s standards, when neighboring central banks were already introducing security threads and color-shifting inks on mid-denomination notes.