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100 Taka
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 100 Taka (100 BDT) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse closely mirrors the obverse layout, with a circular vignette enclosing a map of Bangladesh at left and a portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at right, both set against a green guilloche underprint. The bank title in Bengali script is repeated across the top, with the denomination rendered in Bengali and English along the lower border. Serial number and prefix appear in red at upper right and lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক এক শত টাকা চাহিবা মাত্র ইহার বাহককে দিতে বাধ্য থাকিবে বাংলাদেশ সরকারের দায়িমে প্রতিত ONE HUNDRED TAKA এক শত টাকা 100 |
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| Comments |
Bangladesh Bank's first 100 Taka series, issued in 1972, came into existence within months of the country's formal independence — the central bank itself had only been established by the Bangladesh Bank Order promulgated in December 1971. These early notes were a matter of urgent necessity, not considered design. The printing was handled by the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd., but given the near-total absence of industrial infrastructure following the Liberation War, early production faced significant technical constraints.
P#9 is the rarer of the two signature varieties in this founding series. Watermark authentication was the sole mechanical security feature — a reflection of both the speed of production and available facilities at the time of issue.