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10 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | An intaglio vignette occupies the full width of the note, illustrating rural labourers harvesting rice in an open paddy field; workers stooping to cut stalks are shown at left, while two figures carry large sheaves on their heads at centre-right, with a village and palm trees visible in the distant background. The Bangladesh Bank seal appears at the lower left within the border, and the denomination numeral '10' is set into starburst cartouches at the upper corners and ornate medallions at the lower corners. The overall palette is green and brown against a pale blue sky underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | BANGLADESH BANK TEN TAKA |
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Bangladesh Bank's earliest note issues came under extraordinary pressure — the new central bank was formally established in 1972, less than a year after liberation, and the first series had to be contracted abroad while domestic infrastructure barely existed. Bradbury Wilkinson, then still operating out of New Malden, had long experience printing currency for newly independent Commonwealth nations, and Bangladesh was a natural client.
The P#14 carries the signatures of both A. N. Hamidullah and Naziruddin Ahamed, a pairing that places it firmly within the transitional first administration of the bank, before subsequent signature combinations altered the series. Designer credit to K. G. Mustafa is notable — local artistic involvement in a note printed entirely overseas was not guaranteed at this stage.