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10 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 10 Taka (10 BDT) |
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| Obverse description | At centre-left, a circular vignette contains a map of Bangladesh in purple guilloche underprint; to the right, a portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman within a circular frame, rendered in intaglio. The upper right bears the issuer inscription in Bengali script, with the denomination numeral '10' at far right. At the base, the denomination appears in both Bengali script and Roman lettering 'TEN TAKA', flanked by serial number panels. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper |
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Bangladesh's first banknote series, of which P#8 is part, was issued in 1972 — the country had declared independence less than a year earlier, in March 1971, and the Liberation War against Pakistan only ended in December 1971. These early notes were produced under considerable urgency, with the new government needing a functioning currency almost immediately after the conflict ceased.
The 1972 series is notoriously prone to foxing and paper deterioration, a known condition issue across the entire first emission, likely attributable to paper quality constraints during a period of severe economic disruption and limited procurement options.