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5 Taka
| Issuer | Government of Bangladesh |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left center, a portrait vignette of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), Father of the Nation, set against a guilloche underprint. The Jatiyo Sriti Soudho (National Martyrs' Memorial) in Savar appears as a secondary vignette to the right. Inscriptions in Bengali script run along the upper and lower margins identifying the issuing authority and denomination. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
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Bangladesh's 5 Taka notes are issued by the Government of Bangladesh rather than Bangladesh Bank — a distinction that matters. Under Bangladeshi law, notes below 10 Taka are government obligations, not central bank liabilities, a colonial-era administrative division inherited from the State Bank of Pakistan structure and before that from British India. The Finance Secretary's signature appears on this note rather than the Governor's.
By 2016 the 5 Taka note was already fighting a losing battle against the coin of the same denomination, introduced years earlier but never widely accepted in circulation.