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Until Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani rupee was the currency of the country. The Bangladeshi currency was first issued on March 4, 1972 after Bangladesh gained independence. [2] The official currency was named Taka, later "৳" was designated as the symbol of Taka. The minimum unit of money fixed is one rupee.
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The 1, 5 and 10 poysha were struck in aluminium, with the 25 and 50 poysha struck in steel and the ৳ 1 in copper-nickel. The 5 poysha were square with rounded corners, and the 10 poysha were scalloped. Steel ৳ 5 were introduced in 1994, and a steel ৳ 2 coin followed in 2004. 1 and 5 poysha coins are rarely found in circulation.
Until Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani Rupee was the Currency of the country. Bangladeshi currency was first issued on March 4, 1972 after the Independence of Bangladesh. [2] The official currency was named Taka, later "৳" was designated as the symbol of Taka. The minimum unit of money fixed is one taka.
The obverse depicts a plow with the inscriptions "Bangladesh" written above and "Five Paisa" written below. [1] The coin weighs 1.4 grams, has a diameter of 22 millimeters, and a thickness of 1.93 millimeters. The edges of the coin are smooth, and the shape is rounded with no prominent square shape. [2]
Until Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani rupee was the currency of the country. After the independence of Bangladesh, the first Bangladeshi currency was issued on March 4, 1972. [1] The government currency was named taka, later "৳" was designated as the sign or symbol of Taka. The minimum unit of money fixed is one rupee.
Each of the three types of design had the national emblem of Bangladesh on the front. At the center of the national emblem is a lotus flower floating in water, surrounded by two grains of rice. Three intertwined jute leaves at top and four stars in total, two each on either side of leaf. In 1973, this 23 mm diameter coin weighed 1.98 grams.
Coins were introduced in 1949 in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 fils. The first issue of 1 fils were mistakenly minted with the denomination given as "1 fil". 20 fils coins were minted until 1965, with 25 fils introduced in 1968 and 1 ⁄ 4 dinar coins in 1970. The 1 fils coin was last minted in 1985. In 1996, smaller 1 ⁄ 4 dinar ...