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50 Taka 50 Years of Independence
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Taka (1972-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | স্বাধীনতার সুবর্ণ জয়ন্তী ১৯৭১-২০২১ পঞ্চাশ ৫০ টাকা (Translation: Golden Jubilee of Independence 1971-2021 Fifty 50 Taka) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Bangladesh declared independence on March 26, 1971, but the Liberation War continued until December 16 — the date Pakistani forces surrendered, now observed as Victory Day. The fifty-year mark prompted a wave of commemorative issues across government ministries, of which this coin is one. Bangladesh Bank has issued silver commemoratives only sporadically, and the .925 fineness here is notably higher than the .500 silver used in earlier Bangladeshi commemorative programs from the 1970s and 1980s.