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{{short description|Currency of Bangladesh}}
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{{Infobox currency
| local_name = টাকা
| local_name_lang = bn
| image_1 = Bengali Currency Taka Sign.svg 
| image_width_1 = 175px
| image_title_1 = Bangladeshi Taka sign
| image_width_2 = 100px
| image_title_2 = 10th Series Taka banknotes
| iso_code = BDT
| issuing_authority = [[Bangladesh Bank]]
| issuing_authority_website = 
| using_countries = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| inflation_rate = 8.17%
| inflation_source_date = ''BBS'', August 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bb.org.bd/econdata/inflation.php |title=Inflation |website=Bangladesh Bank |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208145544/https://bb.org.bd/econdata/inflation.php |archive-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
| subunit_ratio_1 = {{frac|1|100}}
| subunit_name_1 = [[paisa|Poisha]]
| subunit_inline_note_1 = (defunct)
| symbol = {{lang|bn|৳}}
| symbol_subunit_1 = p
| used_coins = ৳1, ৳2, ৳5
| frequently_used_banknotes = {{lang|bn|৳}}2, {{lang|bn|৳}}5, {{lang|bn|৳}}10,  {{lang|bn|৳}}20,  {{lang|bn|৳}}50, {{lang|bn|৳}}100, {{lang|bn|৳}}200, {{lang|bn|৳}}500 and {{lang|bn|৳}}1000
| rarely_used_banknotes = {{lang|bn|৳}}1
| printer = [[The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.|The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd.]]
| printer_website = {{URL|www.spcbl.org.bd}}
| mint = [[The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.|The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd.]]
| date_of_introduction = {{Start date and age|1972|3|4|df=yes}}
| replaced_currency = [[Pakistani rupee]]
}}
{{Contains special characters|Bengali}}

The '''taka''' ({{langx|bn|টাকা}}, {{ipa|bn|ˈʈa.kaˑ|ipa}}, [[currency sign|sign]]: '''{{lang|bn|৳}}''', [[ISO 4217|code]]: '''BDT''', [[Short form (linguistics)|short form]]: '''Tk''') is the currency of [[Bangladesh]].

Issuance of [[banknote]]s {{lang|bn|৳}}10 and larger is controlled by [[Bangladesh Bank]], while the {{lang|bn|৳}}2 and {{lang|bn|৳}}5 govt. notes are the responsibility of the [[Ministry of Finance (Bangladesh)|ministry of finance]]. The govt. notes of Tk. 2 and Tk.5 have mostly been replaced by coins while lower denomination coins (including all poysha coins) up to Tk. 1 have almost gone out of circulation due to inflation. The most commonly used symbol for the taka is "{{lang|bn|৳}}" and "Tk", used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. It is divided into 100 [[paisa|poysha]], but poysha coins are no longer in circulation. The poysha is still used for accounting purposes (e.g., Tk&nbsp;123,456.78 for 123,456 taka and 78 poysha).

On 8 May 2024, the central bank placed the taka in a [[crawling peg]] to the US dollar, with a rate of 117 takas per US dollar.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Devnath |first=Arun |date=8 May 2024 |title=Bangladesh Introduces Crawling Peg for Taka as Rates Raised |url=https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/bangladesh-introduces-crawling-peg-for-taka-as-rates-raised |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509000201/https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/bangladesh-introduces-crawling-peg-for-taka-as-rates-raised |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=Bloomberg |via=Financial Post}}</ref>

==Etymology==
{{Main|History of the taka#Etymology}}
[[File:Silver Coin of Jalaluddin.jpg|thumb| [[Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah|Jalaluddin]]'s tanka (taka), [[Bengal Sultanate]], 15th century ]]
According to ''[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]'' and ''[[Banglapedia]]'', the word ''ṭaka'' came from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''ṭaṅka'', meaning silver coin,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=taka |encyclopedia=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |year=2022 |edition=5th |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=taka |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331135258/https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=taka |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Taka |title=Taka |website=[[Banglapedia]] |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116221558/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Taka |url-status=live }}</ref> a [[Kulturwort]] of unclear origin, related to Turkic ''təñkə'' "coin, money", compare Tatar ''tanka'', Uzbek ''tanga'', Kazakh ''tenge'', Russian ''denʹga''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen Bd 3 | url=https://archive.org/details/etymologisches-worterbuch-des-altindoarischen-bd-3/page/220/mode/2up }}</ref> In Bangla, the word ''taka'' is also used generically to refer to any form of money, currency, or banknotes. Thus, colloquially, a person speaking in Bangla may use "taka" to refer to money regardless of what currency it is denominated in. This is also common in the Indian states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]], where the official name of the [[Indian rupee]] is "taka" as well. In other eastern Indian languages with the influence of [[Prakrit]] in [[Bihar]] it is "taka" in [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and [[Magahi language|Magadhi]] languages, in [[Assam]] it is টকা ''tôka'' and it is ଟଙ୍କା ''taṅkā'' in [[Odisha]].

==History==
{{Further|History of the taka}}

===1947–1971===
After the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|Partition of Bengal in 1947]], [[East Bengal]] became the eastern wing of [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] and was renamed to [[East Pakistan]] under the [[One Unit Scheme]] in 1956. The [[Pakistani rupee]] also bore the word taka on official notes and coins. [[Bengali language|Bangla]] was one of the two national languages of the Pakistan union between 1956 and 1971 (the other being Urdu). The Bangladeshi taka came into existence since 1972, a year after the independence of the eastern wing of the union, as the independent nation of [[Bangladesh]].

Prior to the [[Bangladesh Liberation war|Liberation war]] in 1971, banknotes of the [[State Bank of Pakistan]] circulated throughout Bangladesh, and continued to be used in Bangladesh even after independence for only about three months until the official introduction of the taka on 4 March 1972. During the war, it was an unofficial practice of some [[Bengali nationalism|Bengali nationalists]] to protest Pakistani rule by stamping banknotes with "{{lang|bn|বাংলা দেশ}}" and "BANGLA DESH" as two words in either Bangla or English. These locally produced stamps are known to exist in several varieties, as are forgeries. On 8 June 1971, the Pakistani government declared that all banknotes bearing such stamps ceased to be legal tender. Furthermore, to prevent looted high-denomination notes from disrupting the Pakistani economy, the government also withdrew the [[legal tender]] status of all 100- and 500-rupee notes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linzmayer |first1=Owen |title=The Banknote Book |chapter=Bangladesh |year=2012 |url=http://www.banknotebook.com/ |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-date=29 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829063428/http://www.banknotebook.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Since 1972===
On 4 March 1972, the taka replaced the Pakistani rupee at par.

====Treasury banknotes====
* The first treasury notes in 1972 for {{lang|bn|৳}}1 and notes of the [[Bangladesh Bank]] for {{lang|bn|৳}}5, {{lang|bn|৳}}10 and {{lang|bn|৳}}100.
* In 1977, banknotes for {{lang|bn|৳}}50 were introduced, followed by {{lang|bn|৳}}500 in 1979 and {{lang|bn|৳}}20 in 1982.
* {{lang|bn|৳}}1 treasury notes were issued until 1992, with {{lang|bn|৳}}2 treasury notes introduced in 1989.
* {{lang|bn|৳}}1000 banknotes were introduced in 2008.
* {{lang|bn|৳}}5 banknotes, previously issued by [[Bangladesh Bank]], are now issued by the [[Government of Bangladesh]]. These have mostly been replaced by coins since the early 2000s.

====Banknotes and issues====

In 2000, the government issued polymer {{lang|bn|৳}}10 notes as an experiment (similar to the Australian dollar). They proved unpopular, however, and were withdrawn later. At present, the {{lang|bn|৳}}1 and {{lang|bn|৳}}5 notes have mostly been replaced with coins, and in 2008, the government issued {{lang|bn|৳}}1,000 notes.

In 2011, Bangladesh Bank began issuing a new series of banknotes denominated in {{lang|bn|৳}}2, {{lang|bn|৳}}5, {{lang|bn|৳}}100, {{lang|bn|৳}}500, and {{lang|bn|৳}}1000. All are dated 2011 and feature a portrait and watermark of the Father of the Nation, [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], along the National Martyr's Monument in Savar at center front.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/17fc6d132aefa8953adbc584b2fc6012-1646.php |title=Bangladesh new note family confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=6 September 2011 |archive-date=17 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917192333/http://banknotenews.com/files/17fc6d132aefa8953adbc584b2fc6012-1646.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 2011, the Bangladesh Bank introduced new notes denominated in {{lang|bn|৳}}10, {{lang|bn|৳}}20, and {{lang|bn|৳}}50 on 7 March 2012. The notes bear the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Martyr's Monument in Savar on the front. On the back of the notes, the {{lang|bn|৳}}10 will picture the [[Baitul Mukarram]] mosque, the {{lang|bn|৳}}20 pictures the [[Sixty Dome Mosque|Shat Gombuj]] mosque in Bagherat, and the {{lang|bn|৳}}50 notes feature [[Zainul Abedin|Shilpacharjo Zainul Abedin's]] famous painting ''Ploughing''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/cd92830c856dc2ee5a757cc8574736b7-1990.php |title=Bangladesh new 10-, 20-, and 50-taka notes confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=28 February 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006122059/http://banknotenews.com/files/cd92830c856dc2ee5a757cc8574736b7-1990.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 7 March 2019, Bangladesh Bank released new ৳100 notes, which had the same design as 2011 Version, but had better security, a stronger Blue and were made of a different material.

On 15 December 2019, Bangladesh Bank issued new ৳50 banknotes, with the same design as the 2011 version, but had a different colour (orange, brown and fluorescent yellow-green), and a slightly different design in some parts.

On 17 March 2020, Bangladesh Bank introduced new ৳200 notes. They bear a portrait of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on both sides and a landscape picture of a village, river and boats.

====Commemorative banknotes====

In 2011, Bangladesh Bank also introduced a {{lang|bn|৳}}40 note to commemorate the "40th Victory Anniversary of Bangladesh". The commemorative note features a portrait of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Martyr's Monument in Savar on front, and six armed men on back. This note has an [[electrotype]] 10 in the watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra {{lang|bn|৳}}10 banknote paper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/0ec11f5c0f3ad65ff21d3d25484a80a2-1891.php |title=Bangladesh new 40-taka commemorative confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407223735/http://www.banknotenews.com/files/0ec11f5c0f3ad65ff21d3d25484a80a2-1891.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 15 February 2012, Bangladesh Bank has introduced a {{lang|bn|৳}}60 note to commemorate "60 years of National Movement". The commemorative note measures {{convert|130|x|60|mm}} and features the Shaeed Minar (Martyrs' monument) in Dhaka and five men on the back. Like the {{lang|bn|৳}}40 commemorative note, this note has an electrotype 50 in the watermark. It was likely printed on extra {{lang|bn|৳}}50 banknote paper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/4961d7b587f32b87246045445af9b14b-1975.php |title=Bangladesh new 60-taka commemorative note confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-date=21 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221040117/http://www.banknotenews.com/files/4961d7b587f32b87246045445af9b14b-1975.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 26 January 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a {{lang|bn|৳}}25 note to commemorate the 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) of the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. On the front is the National Martyr's Monument in Savar, the designs of the previous series of the Bangladeshi taka notes and its postage stamps, three spotted deer and the magpie-robin (''[[doyel]]''). On the reverse is the headquarters of the Security Printing Corporation. Curiously, this note has an electrotype 10 in the watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra {{lang|bn|৳}}10 banknote paper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/d223cf0059cd21e1a1ce2022c92e780f-2442.php |title=Bangladesh new 25-taka commemorative note confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=1 March 2013 |archive-date=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810162918/http://banknotenews.com/files/d223cf0059cd21e1a1ce2022c92e780f-2442.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 8 July 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a {{lang|bn|৳}}100 note to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the [[Bangladesh National Museum]]. The commemorative note features an 18th-century [[terracotta]] plaque of a horseman on the front and the Bangladesh National Museum on the back.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banknotenews.com/files/a2abad8f48ac418cad55abb1aaf6df4c-2504.php |title=Bangladesh new 100-taka commemorative note confirmed |work=banknotenews.com |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809164132/http://banknotenews.com/files/a2abad8f48ac418cad55abb1aaf6df4c-2504.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Coins==

[[File:50 and 25 paise coins from Bangladesh.jpg|thumb|50 poysha from 1984 (left) and 25 poysha from 1980 (right).]]
In 1973, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and [[Bangladeshi fifty-poysha coin|50 poysha]]. 1 poysha coins followed in 1974, with {{lang|bn|৳}}1 coins introduced in 1975. The 1, 5 and 10 poysha were struck in aluminium, with the 25 and 50 poysha struck in steel and the {{lang|bn|৳}}1 in copper-nickel. The 5 poysha were square with rounded corners, and the 10 poysha were scalloped. Steel {{lang|bn|৳}}5 were introduced in 1994, and a steel {{lang|bn|৳}}2 coin followed in 2004.

1 and 5 poysha coins are rarely found in circulation. The same is the case with the 10, 25, and 50 poysha coins, as they have lost value due to inflation over the years. Only the {{lang|bn|৳}}1, {{lang|bn|৳}}2 and {{lang|bn|৳}}5 are occasionally found in circulation. Unlike most other countries, coins are not issued every year. The most recent coins, {{lang|bn|৳}}2 and {{lang|bn|৳}}5, were issued in 2013 and {{lang|bn|৳}}1 being issued in 2014.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="5"|1973 Series
|-
!rowspan="2"|Value !! rowspan="2"| Composition !! colspan="2"|Description !! rowspan="2"|First Minted
|-
! Reverse !! Obverse
|-
| [[Bangladeshi five paise|5 poysha]]
|rowspan="2"| Aluminium
|rowspan="4"| [[Coat of arms of Bangladesh|National emblem]]
| A plough inside of a cogwheel engraved diagonally, "5-Five Poisha"  and "Bangladesh" written in Bangla.
|rowspan="4"| 1973
|-
| [[Bangladeshi 10-poisha coin|10 poysha]]
| Scalloped with serrated edges, a betel leaf in the middle with "Bangladesh" written on top and "Ten 10 poisha" written on the bottom in Bangla.
|-
| 25 poysha
|rowspan="2"| Steel
| Curly pattern on the edges with a Rohu fish in the middle, "Bangladesh" written on top and "Twenty-five 25 poisha" written at the bottom in Bangla.
|-
| [[Bangladeshi fifty-poysha coin|50 poysha]]
| Dotted pattern on the edges with a dove/pigeon in the middle, "Bangladesh" written on the top and "Fifty 50 poisha" written at the bottom in Bangla.
|-
!colspan="5"|1974 Series ([[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]])
|-
| [[Bangladeshi 1-poisha|1 poysha]]
|rowspan="3"| Aluminium
|rowspan="5"| [[Coat of arms of Bangladesh|National emblem]]
| Ornamental design, floral patterns
|rowspan="4"| 1974
|-
| 5 poysha
| A plough in the middle of a half-cogwheel saying the words "Increase production"
|-
| 10 poysha
| Serrated on scalloped edges, with flowers plants and running tractor with text saying "Green Revolution"
|-
| 25 poysha
| Steel
| Fish, egg, bananas and a gourd with the text "Food for all"
|-
| 50 poysha
| Various
| Fish, banana, chicken and pineapple in the middle circle
| 1977
|-
!colspan="5"|1977 Series ([[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]])
|-
| 5 poysha
|rowspan="2"| Aluminium
|rowspan="4"| [[Coat of arms of Bangladesh|National emblem]]
| Plough and cogwheel
|rowspan="4"| 1977
|-
| 10 poysha
| A family sitting facing each other
|-
| 25 poysha
|rowspan="2"| Steel
| [[Bengal tiger|Royal Bengal tiger]]
|-
| 50 poysha
| [[Hilsha fish]], chicken, pineapple, banana
|-
!colspan="5"| Other Issues
|-
| 50 poysha (small)
| rowspan="2" |Steel
| rowspan="5" | [[National emblem of Bangladesh|National emblem]]
| [[Hilsha fish]], chicken, pineapple, banana
| 2001
|-
| [[Bangladeshi One Taka Coin|৳1]] (Line-edged)
| rowspan="2" | A family figure, slogan "Planned family – Food for All"
| 2002
|-
| ৳1 (Silver Jubilee Edition)
| Brass
|1996
|-
| [[Bangladeshi two-taka coin|৳2]]
| rowspan="2" |Steel
| Education for All slogan with two children studying
| 2004
|-
| [[Bangladeshi 5 Taka Coin|৳5]]
| [[Jamuna Bridge|Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge]]
| 1994
|-
!colspan="5"| Last Issues
|-
| {{lang|bn|৳}}1
|rowspan="3"| Steel
|rowspan="3"| [[National Emblem of Bangladesh|National Emblem]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| rowspan="2" | 2010
|-
| {{lang|bn|৳}}2
|-
| {{lang|bn|৳}}5
| [[Bangladesh Bank]] logo
| 2012
|-
! colspan="5"| Special Issues (Uncirculated)
|-
| ৳1 (Martyr's Edition)
| rowspan="5" | Silver
| Picture of the [[National Martyrs' Memorial]] and text which says "20th Victory Day of Bangladesh–1991"
| A picture of the [[Bir Sreshtho]] with words "16th December–20th Victory Day"
| 1991
|-
| ৳1 (Summer Olympics Edition)
| rowspan="3" | National Emblem
| Two athletes running with a fire torch with text "25th Olympic Games 1992"
| 1992
|-
| ৳1
| Two spotted deer with the heading "Endangered Wildlife"
| 1993
|-
| ৳10 (Silver Jubilee of BB)
| Picture of Bangladesh Bank with the title "Bangladesh Bank Silver Jubilee 1971–1996"
| rowspan="2" | 1996
|-
| ৳10 (Silver Jubilee of BD)
| [[National Martyrs' Memorial]] with the text "Silver Jubilee of Bangladesh's Victory"
| [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] with the same text on the coin's back
|-
| ৳10 (Bangabandhu Bridge Edition)
|90% Silver and 10% Nickel
| Martyr Statue with the title "Invincible Bangla" and heading "Inauguration of [[Bangabandhu Bridge]] 1998"
| rowspan="2" | Picture of [[Bangabandhu Bridge]] with the same heading on the coin's reverse
| rowspan="2" | 1998
|-
| ৳20 (Bangabandhu Bridge Edition)
| Silver
| [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] with the heading "Inauguration of Bangabandhu Bridge 1998"
|-
| ৳20 (IMD Edition)
| Gold
| [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] with the date 21 February with heading [[International Mother Language Day]]
| Logo of [[Bangladesh Bank]]
| 2000
|-
| ৳10 (World Cup Edition)
| rowspan="5" | Silver
| The picture of the World cup with "Bangladesh Bank" written
| ICC World Cup Logo with being held in Bangladesh in 2011
| rowspan="4" | 2011
|-
| ৳10 (Rabindranath Edition)
| A poem of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and his autograph
| Picture of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] with the title "150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore"
|-
| ৳10 (Bidrohi Edition)
| A quotation from the poem [[Bidrohi (poem)|Bidrohi]] and the autograph of the National Poet
| Picture of young [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]  with the heading "90 Years of the poem [[Bidrohi (poem)|Bidrohi]] 1921-2011"
|-
| ৳10 (Victory Edition)
| Picture of 6 [[Mukti Bahini|Muktijoddha]] waving guns with the title "40th Victory Anniversary of Bangladesh"
| Picture of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] with the [[7th March Speech of Bangabandhu|7th March Speech]] quote with his name in English at the bottom
|-
| ৳100 (Museum Edition)
| Logo of [[Bangladesh Bank]] with Bangla writing "Centenary of Bangladesh National Museum 1913–2013"
| 100 taka written on left and right with a terracotta plaque of 18th century horsemen
| 2013
|-
| ৳100 ([[Mujib Year|Mujib Centennial]] Edition)
| Gold and Silver (dual variant)
| Logo of Bangladesh Bank with text "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman"
| rowspan="2" | Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the text in Bangla
| 2020
|-
| ৳50 (Golden Jubilee Edition)
| Scallop-shaped in Gold
| Big number "50" which has the logo of Bangladesh Bank inscribed in the number "0" with the heading "Golden Jubilee of Independence"
| 2021
|-
| ৳50 (Japan-Bangladesh Relations Edition)
| Silver
| [[National Martyrs' Memorial]] with the heading "Bangladesh-Japan Diplomatic Relations 50th Year Anniversary"
| The same heading written in the middle with a logo and pictures of a cherry blossom on top and a water lily at the bottom
| 2022
|-
| ৳100 (Padma Bridge Edition)
| Scallop-shaped, silver
| Picture of the [[Padma Multipurpose Bridge|Padma Bridge]] with the title "Padma Bridge–The symbol of National Pride" written in English
| Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the title in Bangla
|2023
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| **Poisha coins no longer minted since 2013 but all coins above 1 taka still legal tender.
|}

==Banknotes==
{{Main|Banknotes of the Bangladeshi taka}}
[[File:Imagesbanknotes.jpg|thumb|500৳‎ Bank Notes]]
There had been eleven series of taka banknotes since the issuance of the first series in 1972. Banknotes generally feature the heritage sites (mostly mosques), national monuments and portrayals of the village life, agriculture, industry and animals of the country. Apart from this, the portrait of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the founding [[president of Bangladesh]], was featured in the observe in the series issued under the [[Awami League]] governments.

===Latest series===
Following the fall of Awami League in the [[July Revolution (Bangladesh)|July Revolution]] in 2024, the Bangladesh Bank announced plans to redesign Taka banknotes by 2025. The central bank's Currency and Design Advisory Committee, made up of nine members was selected to submit theme proposals to the [[Ministry of Finance (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Finance]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Govt to redesign taka, remove Sheikh Mujib's image | url=https://businesspostbd.com/national/govt-to-redesign-taka-remove-sheikh-mujibs-image }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Banknotes redesign likely without image of Sheikh Mujib | date=5 October 2024 | url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/banknotes-redesign-likely-without-image-bangabandhu-958491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Government plans to remove Mujib image from notes | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/360895/government-plans-major-redesign-of-taka-notes }}</ref> Sheikh Mujib's portrait was removed and graffiti of the July Revolution was added in this series.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="8"| Eleventh Series
|-
!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value  !!rowspan="2"| Main Color !!colspan="2"| Description !!rowspan="2"| First Issue
|-
! Obverse !! Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse
|-
|
|
|৳2
|Light Green
|Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Mirpur
|[[Martyred Intellectuals Memorial|Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Rayer Bazar]]
| rowspan="3" |2 June 2025<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=BB unveils six redesigned banknotes |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/government-affairs/382847/bangladesh-bank-unveils-new-designs-of-tk500 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 
| 
|৳5
| rowspan="2" |Pink
|[[Star Mosque]]
| rowspan="2" |Graffiti of the [[July Revolution (Bangladesh)|July Revolution]]
|-
|
|
|৳10
|[[Baitul Mukarram National Mosque]]
|-
| 
|
|৳20
|Cyan
|[[Kantajew Temple]]
|[[Somapura Mahavihara]]
| rowspan="2" |1 June 2025 <ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=29 May 2025 |title=New notes featuring historic, archaeological structures of Bangladesh to be circulated from 1 June |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/bb-circulate-new-banknotes-featuring-historic-and-archaeological-structures-bangladesh |newspaper=The Business Standard}}</ref>
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|৳50
|Deep Brown
|[[Ahsan Manzil]]
|''The Struggle'' by [[Zainul Abedin]]
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|৳100
|Sky Blue
|[[Sixty Dome Mosque]]
|[[The Sundarbans]]
| rowspan="2" |2 June 2025<ref name=":0" />
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|৳200
|Golden Yellow
|[[Aparajeyo Bangla]]
|Graffiti of the July Revolution
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|৳500
|Olive Green
|[[Central Shaheed Minar]]
|[[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Supreme Court]]
|1 June 2025<ref name=":0" />
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|৳1000
|Violet
|[[National Martyrs' Memorial]]
|[[Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban]]
|1 June 2025 <ref name=":1" />
|}

== Exchange rates ==
{{Update|part=section|date=December 2023|updated=2015}}

=== {{anchor|Historical exchange rates}}Historic exchange rates ===

Upon [[Independence of Bangladesh|Bangladesh's independence]], the value of the Bangladeshi taka was set between ৳7.5 and ৳8.0 to US$1. Except for fiscal year 1978, the taka's value relative to the US dollar declined every year from 1971 through the end of 1987. To help offset this phenomenon, Bangladesh first used the compensatory financing facility of the [[International Monetary Fund]] in fiscal year 1974. Despite the increasing need for assistance, the Mujib government was initially unwilling to meet the IMF's conditions on monetary and fiscal policy. By fiscal year 1975, however, the government revised its stance, declaring a [[devaluation]] of the taka by 56 percent and agreeing to establishing the Bangladesh Aid Group by the [[World Bank]].<ref name="cs">{{cite book |last1=Lesser |first1=Lawrence B. |date=1989 |chapter=Money and Banking |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/61.htm |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/ |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |pages=108–109 |access-date=26 August 2016 |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622211513/http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/21.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 1980 and 1983, the taka sustained a decline of some 50 percent because of a deterioration in Bangladesh's [[balance of payments]]. Between 1985 and 1987, the taka was adjusted in frequent incremental steps, stabilising again around 12 percent lower in real terms against the US dollar, but at the same time narrowing the difference between the official rate and the preferential secondary rate from 15 percent to 7.5 percent. Accompanying this [[structural adjustment]] was an expansion in trade conducted at the secondary rate, to 53 percent of total exports and 28 percent of total imports. In mid-1987, the official rate was relatively stable, approaching less than ৳31 to US$1.<ref name=cs/> In January 2011, US$1 was equivalent to approximately ৳72,<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Exchange Rates |website=OANDA |access-date=3 January 2011 |url=http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202154335/http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates |archive-date=2 February 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> as of 21 April 2012, US$1 was worth close to ৳82, and as of 9 September 2015 US$1 valued ৳77.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
|+ Bangladeshi taka per currency unit averaged over the year (January of every year)
! Currency !! [[ISO 4217|ISO code]] !! 1971 !! 1981 !! 1991 !! 1996 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2005 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015
!2024(Aug)
|-
| [[United States dollar|U.S. dollar]] || USD || 7.86 || 18.31 || 36.75 || 40.8 || 50.82 || 53.84 || 58.11 || 67.29 || 67.34 || 67.40 || 68.11 || 69.84 || 81.64 || 78.31 || 76.45 || 78.85
|117.52
|-
| [[Japanese yen]] || JPY || 0.02 || 0.09 ||0.27 || 0.38 || 0.48 || 0.46 || 0.56 || 0.55 || 0.62 || 0.74 || 0.74 || 0.84 || 1.06 || 0.88 || 0.73 || 0.64
|0.80
|-
| [[Soviet ruble]] (until 1993)<br />[[Russian ruble]] (1993 – present) || SUR<br />RUB || 14.93 || 29.00 || 55.12 || 8.16 || 1.85 || 1.91 || 2.17 || 2.62 || 2.79 || 2.14 || 2.31 || 2.35 || 2.66 || 2.63 || 2.29 || 1.20
|1.30
|-
| [[Euro]] || EUR || – || – || – || – || 51.48  || 50.57 || 76.37 || 87.45 || 98.99 || 90.01 || 97.28 || 93.26 || 105.26 || 103.98 || 104.22 || 89.26
|128.41
|-
| [[Pound sterling]] || GBP || 18.92 ||44.02 ||71.01 || 62.48 || 83.23 || 79.59 || 109.35 || 131.74 || 132.6 || 97.66 || 110.01 || 110.04 || 126.57 || 125.19 || 125.90 || 116.13
|150.08
|-
| [[Swiss franc]] || CHF || 1.8 || 10.08 || 28.89 || 34.63 || 31.97 || 33.07 || 49.38 || 53.73 || 60.99 || 60.23 || 65.87 || 73.1 || 86.91 || 84.7 || 84.66 || 81.26
|135.28
|-
| [[Hong Kong dollar]] || HKD || 1.31 ||3.53 || 4.68|| 5.28 || 6.53 || 6.9 || 7.45 || 8.62 || 8.62 || 8.69 || 8.77 || 8.97 || 10.51 || 10.1 || 9.85 || 9.86
|15.08
|-
| [[Malaysian ringgit]] || MYR || 2.55 ||8.23 ||13.54 || 15.97 || 13.37  || 14.16 || 15.25 || 19.12 || 20.54 || 18.86 || 20.06 || 22.71 || 26.14 || 25.68 || 23.14 || 21.41
|26.37
|-
| [[Kuwaiti dinar]] || KWD || 22.09|| 64.51||128.73 || 136.25 || 167.01|| 176.05 ||197.82  || 231.69 || 245.83 ||235.31 ||236.52 ||247.62 ||292.46 ||277.6 || 270.16 || 259.66
|383.78
|-
| [[Saudi riyal]] || SAR ||1.75 ||5.5 ||9.79 || 10.88 || 13.55  || 14.35 ||15.49 ||17.93 || 17.92 ||17.95 ||18.14 ||18.6 ||21.76 ||20.87 || 20.38 || 20.36
|31.31
|-
| [[United Arab Emirates dirham|Emirate dirham]] || AED ||1.65 ||4.89 ||9.96 ||11.11 ||13.84 || 14.65|| 15.82 ||18.31 || 18.33|| 18.34 ||18.54 ||19.01 ||22.22 ||21.31 || 20.81 || 20.82
|32
|}

==See also==
* [[Economy of Bangladesh]]
* [[The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.]]
* [[Banknotes of the Bangladeshi taka]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
* {{numis cite SCWC|date=1991}}
* {{numis cite SCWPM|date=1994}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/currency/index.php Bangladesh Bank's page on currencies in circulation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215905/http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/currency/index.php |date=1 July 2017 }}
* [http://russelljohn.net/journal/2009/10/bangladeshi-currency High resolution scans of Bangladeshi currency]
* [http://www.bis-ans-ende-der-welt.net/Bangladesch-B-En.htm Historical banknotes of Bangladesh]
* [https://www.ajkertakarrate.online/ Years Of Taka History : Notes In Circulation]
* [https://ajkertakarman.com/ Bangladeshi Taka Rates] (bn)

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