Bangladeshi taka

The Bangladeshi taka (Bengali: টাকা, sign: ৳, code: BDT, short form: Tk) is the currency of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In Unicode, it is encoded at U+09F3 ৳ (HTML ৳).

"Taka" redirects here. For the Japanese given name, see Taka (given name). For the Filipino paper mache, see Taka (paper mache). For other uses, see Taka (disambiguation).

Bangladeshi taka
টাকা (Bengali)
৳1000 banknote (obverse)
ISO 4217
Code	BDT
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	poysha (defunct)
Symbol	৳
poysha	p
Banknotes
Freq. used	৳5, ৳10, ৳20, ৳50, ৳100, ৳200, ৳500 and ৳1000
Rarely used	৳1, ৳2
Coins
Freq. used	৳5
Rarely used	৳1, ৳2
Demographics
User(s)	Bangladesh
Issuance
Central bank	Bangladesh Bank
Printer	The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd.
Website	www.spcbl.org.bd
Mint	The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd.
Valuation
Inflation	5.48%
Source	BBS, March 2020 [1]

Issuance of banknotes ৳10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank, and for the ৳2 and ৳5 banknotes, which are the responsibility of the ministry of finance of the government of Bangladesh. The most commonly used symbol for the taka is "৳" and "Tk", used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. It was formerly divided into 100 poysha, but poysha coins are no longer in circulation

Etymology

Bengal Sultanate Silver taka with a lion symbol, 15th century

According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and Banglapedia, the word taka came from Sanskrit word tankah.[2][3] Another hypothesis is that the word is derived from a Turkic word Tamga or tamgha , "stamp, seal".[4] Many Turkic-speaking areas in Central Asia were once centers of Indo-Iranian languages. There was a synthesis of Turkic and Iranian cultures, which is known as the Turco-Persian tradition. The Persianized Turks conquered large parts of the Indian subcontinent, giving rise to an Indo-Persian culture. Many kingdoms that used the currency had Persian and Sanskrit as official languages.

The word taka in Bangla is also commonly used generically to mean any money, currency, or notes. 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 rupees is "taka" as well. In other eastern Indian languages with the influence of Prakrit, in Assam it is টকা tôka and it is ଟଂକା tôngka in Odisha.

History

Further information: History of the taka

1947–71

After the Partition of Bengal in 1947, in East Bengal, which later became the eastern wing of Pakistan union and was renamed to East Pakistan in 1956, the Pakistani rupee also bore the word taka on official notes and coins. Bangla was one of the two national languages of the Pakistan union between 1956 and 1971 (the other being Urdu in West Pakistan). 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 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 nationalists to protest Pakistani rule by stamping banknotes with "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.[5]

Some foreign publications mention that there were rubber stamp "BANGLA DESH" overprints on different denominations of Pakistani bank notes during the a.m. period. It may be mentioned that Pakistani postage stamps were rubber-stamped and used all over Bangladesh until 30 March 1973, but Bangladesh Bank or the Ministry of Finance never issued an order to overprint or rubber-stamp Pakistani currency.[6] It would be interesting to note here, that a counterfeiting gang is active, which uses a "washing system", whereby ৳100 notes are washed with a special kind of liquid, and the numbers are changed to give it the appearance of a ৳500 note.[7]

Since 1972

The taka was introduced in Bangladesh in 1972, replacing the Pakistani rupee at par.

Treasury banknotes

• The first treasury notes in 1972 for ৳1 and notes of the Bangladesh Bank for ৳5, ৳10 and ৳100.
• In 1977, banknotes for ৳50 were introduced, followed by ৳500 in 1979 and ৳20 in 1982.
• ৳1 treasury notes were issued until 1992, with ৳2 treasury notes introduced in 1989.
• ৳1000 banknotes were introduced in 2008.
• ৳5 banknotes, previously issued by Bangladesh Bank, are now issued by the Government of Bangladesh.

Banknotes and issues

In 2000, the government issued polymer ৳10 notes as an experiment (similar to the Australian dollar). They proved unpopular, however, and were withdrawn later. At present, the ৳1 and ৳5 notes are gradually being replaced with coins, and in 2008, the government issued ৳1,000 notes.

In 2011, Bangladesh Bank began issuing a new series of banknotes denominated in ৳2, ৳5, ৳100, ৳500, and ৳1000. All are dated 2011 and feature a portrait and watermark of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along the National Martyr's Monument in Savar at center front.[8]

From 2011, the Bangladesh Bank introduced new notes denominated in ৳10, ৳20, and ৳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 ৳10 will picture the Baitul Mukarram mosque, the ৳20 pictures the Shat Gombuj mosque in Bagherat, and the ৳50 notes feature Shilpacharjo Zainul Abedin's famous painting "Ploughing."[9]

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

On December 15 of 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 has a slightly different design in some parts.

On March 17 of 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 and a River and Boats.

Commemorative banknotes

In 2011, Bangladesh Bank also introduced a ৳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. Curiously, this note has an electrotype 10 in the watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra ৳10 banknote paper.[10]

On 15 February 2012, Bangladesh Bank has introduced a ৳60 note to commemorate "60 years of National Movement". The commemorative note measures 130 by 60 millimetres (5.1 in × 2.4 in) and features the Shaeed Minar (Martyrs' monument) in Dhaka and five men on the back. Like the ৳40 commemorative note, this note has an electrotype 50 in the watermark. It was likely printed on extra ৳50 banknote paper.[11]

On 26 January 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a ৳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) bird. 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 ৳10 banknote paper.[12]

On 8 July 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a ৳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.[13]

Coins

In 1973, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 poysha. 1 poysha coins followed in 1974, with ৳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 ৳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. 10, 25, and 50 poysha coins do not circulate widely. Only the ৳1, ৳2 and ৳5 are regularly found in circulation.

1973 Series
Value	Composition	Description		first mint
		Reverse	Obverse
5 poysha	Aluminium	National emblem		1973
10 poysha
25 poysha	Steel		Rohu
50 poysha
1974 Series (FAO)
1 poysha	Aluminium	National emblem	Ornamental design, floral patterns	1974
5 poysha
10 poysha
25 poysha	Steel
৳	Various		Four human figures, slogan "Planned family – Food for All"	1975
1977 Series (FAO)
5 poysha	Aluminium	National emblem	Plough, Industrial wheel	1977
10 poysha			A man and a woman seated on 2 back steeds facing each other
25 poysha	Steel		Royal Bengal tiger
50 poysha			Hilsha fish, chicken, pineapple, banana
Newer Issues
50 poysha	Steel	National emblem	Hilsha fish, chicken, pineapple, banana	2001
৳1			Four human figures, slogan "Planned family – Food for All"	1992
৳1			Four human figures, slogan "Planned family – Food for All" (Golden Version)	1996
৳1			Four human figures, slogan "Planned family – Food for All"	2003
৳1	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	2010
৳2	Steel	National emblem	Education for All	2004
৳2			Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	2010
৳5			Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge	1994
৳5	Steel	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Bank logo	2012

Banknotes

First Series

Bangladesh introduced its firts banknotes on 4th of March,1972. At first 1 taka and 100 taka banknotes were introduced. Later 10 and 5 taka notes were added. This first issued series is commonly known as "Map Series".This banknotes are considered as emergency issued banknotes.[14]

Map Series (1972)
Image		Value	Description		Period
Obverse	Reverse		Obverse	Reverse
		৳1	Map of Bangladesh	Guilloche patterns and numeric 1 writing in bengali ("১") on center	March 4, 1972-30 March 1974
		৳5	Map of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Guilloche patterns and numeric 5 writing in bengali and english	2 June, 1972-1 April 1973
		৳10		Guilloche patterns and numeric 10 writing in bengali and english	May 2, 1972-1 April 1973
		৳100		Guilloche patterns and numeric 100 writing in bengali on and english	March 4, 1972-1 April 1973

Second Series

After issuing first banknotes there were many conspiracy theories, counterfiting problems and rumours .So the government issued the second series.These second series banknotes were printed by Thomas De La Rue of England. First issued banknotes were subsequently withdrawn from circulation by 30 April 1974 after having ceased to hold legal tender status from 30 March 1974.[15]

Thomas De La Rue Series (1972)
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳1	Dark purple, light purple and khaki	Hand holding paddy rice	State Emblem of Bangladesh	2 March, 1973
		৳5	Red	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Shapla flowers	1 September, 1972
		৳10	Green		Rural landscape of riverine Bangladesh	2 June, 1972
		৳100	Gray		Riverscape of rural Bangladesh	1 September, 1972

Third Series

Bangladesh Government signed agreements with Thomas De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson at the same time. Both of them printed same denominations with different design almost at the same time. As a result two different series were circulating at the same time.[16]

Bradbury Wilkinson Series (1972)
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳1	Dark purple, light purple and khaki	Woman pounding grain	Hand holding paddy rice, and the State Emblem of Bangladesh	18 December, 1973
		৳5	Red	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Factories by a river	15 September, 1972
		৳10	Green		Rural scene	15 October, 1973

Fourth Series

During 1976 a completely new series of notes was introduced, with the exception of the 1-taka note, which was released as the second variety of the third issue during 1976. The notes of this issue are notable for the absence of the portrait of Sheikh Mujib, whose portrait had dominated all issues of the Bangladesh Bank until this issue. Instead of the familiar portrait, each note has an illustration of the Star Mosque on its front. 50 and 500taka denomination was added in this series. 5,10,50 and 100 taka denominations were printed by Thomas De La Rue. 500 taka notes were printed by Giesecke and Devrient of Germany.[17]

Star Mosque Series (1976)
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳5	Brown	Star Mosque	Factories by a river	11 October, 1976
		৳10	Purple		Rice harvest	11 October, 1976
		৳50	Orange		Tea garden	1 March, 1976
		৳100	Orange and blue		River scene	1 March, 1976
		৳500	Blue, Purple and Black		Supreme Court of Bangladesh	15 December, 1976

Fifth Series

The fifth issue of bank notes was introduced over a two-year period from December 1977 to September 1979. The notes of this issue are very similar to those of the fourth issue; except the ‘Star Mosque’ has been replaced on most notes by a new vignette and the colours of the notes are a little darker.There was no 500-taka note released in this issue, but a new denomination note of 20 taka was introduced on 20 August 1979, being the last note of this issue prepared by the Bangladesh Bank. [18]

Fifth Series (1977)
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳1	Orange and Yellow	The State Emblem of Bangladesh	Three spotted deer	3 September, 1979
		৳5	Brown	Mihrab of the Kusumba Mosque	Factories by a river	2 May, 1978
		৳10	Purple	Atia Mosque	Rice harvest	3 August, 1978
		৳20	Green	Choto Sona Mosque	Jute washing	20 August, 1979
		৳50	Orange	Sat Gambuj Mosque	Tea garden	4 June, 1979
		৳100	Blue and brown	Star Mosque	Southern gate of Lalbagh Fort	15 December, 1977

Sixth Series

During the 80s few different designs of taka notes were introduced, but most of the designs were same. A new denomination of taka 2 note was also introduced. 10 and 50 takas were redesigned. Other denominations were as same as the previous series.

80s Banknotes
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳2	Salmon Pink and Green	Shaheed Minar	National Bird Doyel	29 December 1988
		৳10	Copper	Atia Mosque	Spillway of Kaptai Dam	3 September, 1982
		৳50	Red	National Martyrs' Memorial	Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban	24 August, 1987

Seventh Series

During the 90s newly designed banknotes of 10,50 and 500 taka were printed. 10 taka note had Portrait of Bangabandhu

90s Series
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳10	Green and Brown	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and	Lalbagh Fort Mosque	11 December,1997
		৳50	Orange	Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban	Bagha Mosque	22 August, 1988
		৳500	Blue and Orange	National Martyrs' Memorial	Supreme Court of Bangladesh	2 July, 1998

Eighth Series

This series was printed between 2000-2001. Polymar banknote of denomination 10 was added,but later withdrawn due to lack of popularity. Paper note of denomination 100 and 500 were printed with new design. Portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was added on each new note.

Bangabandhu Series (2000)
Image		Value	Main Color	Description		First Issue
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
		৳10	Pink	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Baitul Mukarram National Mosque	Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban	2000
		৳100	Blue	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman an Sat Gambuj Mosque	Jamuna Bridge	15 March, 2001
		৳500	Cream and Pink	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sat Gambuj Mosque	Supreme Court of Bangladesh	10 August,2000

Currently in Circulation

Rarely used banknotes of the Bangladeshi taka are ৳1 (withdrawn as well since 1992), ৳25, ৳40 and ৳60, ৳70 and the most frequently used banknotes in circulation are ৳2, ৳5, ৳10, ৳20, ৳50, ৳100, ৳500 and ৳1000.

Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn the new ৳50 note after a spelling mistake of Shilpacharjo Zainul Abedin (জয়নুল আবেদীন) which was identified on the back of the note. The note had just been introduced on 7 March, so it is likely that very few made it into circulation, even though 22.5 million pieces were printed.[19]

Banknotes before the 2011 Series
Value	Dimensions	Main colours	Description		Date of		Remarks
			Obverse	Reverse	issue	Status
৳2	100 × 60 mm	Orange and green	Shaheed Minar	National bird, the doyel	29 December 1988	No longer in circulation	Replaced by 2 taka coins.
৳5	119 × 64 mm	Cream	Kusumba Mosque	Industrial landscape	8 October 2006	No longer in circulation	First issued on 2 May 1978
৳10	122 × 59 mm	Pink	Baitul Mukarram	Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban	Present version 21 September 2006	No longer in circulation	First issued on 2 June 1972
৳20	130 × 60 mm	Green	Choto Sona Mosque	4 men washing jute	Present version 13 July 2002	No longer in circulation	First issued on 20 August 1979
৳50	130 × 60 mm	Cream, lime green	Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban	Bagha Mosque	Present version 30 July 2005	No longer in circulation	First issued on 1 March 1976
৳100	140 × 62 mm	Blue	National Monument	Jamuna Bridge	Present version 16 July 2006	No longer in circulation	First issued on 1 September 1972
৳500	153 × 69 mm	Purple	National Monument	The Supreme Court, Dhaka	Present version 24 October 2004	No longer in circulation	First issued on 15 December 1976
৳1000	160 x 72 mm	Reddish pink	Shaheed Minar	Curzon Hall	Present version 27 October 2008	No longer in circulation	First issued on 27 October 2008
৳10 taka polymer note	152 x 64 mm	Pink	Bangabandhu	Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban	14 December 2000	Withdrawn	First and only polymer note in Bangladesh

Post 2011 Series

The Bangladesh Bank has issued a new series of banknotes, phasing out the older designs for new, more secure ones. All banknotes other than the 1 taka feature a portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the obverse along with the watermark of the National Martyrs’ Memorial.[20]

Bangabandhu Series (Latest Issue)[21] [22]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Color	Description		Period
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse
		৳2	100 × 65 mm	Green and Salmon Pink	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Shaheed Minar, Dhaka	9 August 2011 – present
		৳5	110 × 65 mm	Purple		Kusumba Mosque	5 January, 2017 – present
		৳10	115 × 65 mm	Pink		Baitul Mukarram	7 March 2012 – present
		৳20	120 × 65 mm	Yellow and Green		Sixty Dome Mosque	7 March 2012 – present
		৳50	131 × 65 mm	Orange and Yellow		Zainul Abedin's painting "Ploughing"	15 December, 2019 – present
		৳100	139 × 65 mm	Blue		Star Mosque	9 August 2011 – present
		৳200	139 × 65 mm	Yellow and red		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Agriculture in Bangladesh	17 March 2020 – present
		৳500	147 × 65 mm	Rich Deep Green and Blue		Agriculture in Bangladesh	9 August 2011 – present
		৳1000	155 × 65 mm	Purple and Brown		Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban	9 August 2011 – present

Commemorative Banknotes

The folder of the banknote for the 40th anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh had a spelling error of the name of the country. It was inserted as Bangldesh instead of Bangladesh.[23]

Commemorative banknotes of the Bangladeshi taka
Value	Dimensions	Main colors	Description		Year of issue	Date of first issue	Print volume	Watermark
			Obverse	Reverse
৳10		Violet on multicolor underprint	Atiya Jam-e Mosque in Tangali	Spillway of Kaptai Dam	1996			Modified tiger head; overprint on obverse watermark area: "VICTORY DAY SILVER JUBILEE'96"
৳40	122 x 60 mm	Dark red, orange, and green	Bangabandhu; National monument (Savar)	Soldiers	2011	21 December 2011		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, electrotype 10 denomination and bank logo
৳60	130 x 60 mm	Yellow, brown, violet, orange, and blue	Shaheed Minar monument	Veterans of the "Language Movement", first Shaheed Minar monument (1952)	2012	15 February 2012	20,000 (5000 in folders)	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on pixelated background, electrotype bank logo and 50
৳25	123 x 60 mm	Blue, purple and red	National Martyr's Monument in Savar, Bangladeshi taka banknotes and postage stamps, three spotted deer, magpie robin (doyel) bird	Headquarters of the Security Printing Corporation	2013	26 January 2013		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, electrotype 10 denomination and bank logo
৳100	140 x 62 mm	Blue and red	18th-century terra-cotta plaque of a horseman	Bangladesh National Museum	2013	9 July 2013	100,000 (11,000 in folders)	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on a pixelated background, electrotype 100 denomination and bank logo
৳70	140 x 62 mm	Purple, orange and green	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; map of Bangladesh; National Martyrs’ Monument in Savar; Betbunia Satellite Center	Bangabandhu-1 Satellite in orbit above earth; Padma Bridge; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; bank logo	2018	22 March 2018		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on a pixelated background, electrotype 100 denomination and bank logo

Exchange rates

Historic exchange rates

Upon 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.[24]

Between 1980 and 1983, the taka sustained a decline of some 50 percent because of a deterioration in Bangladesh's balance of payments.[24] 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.[24] 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.[24] In mid-1987, the official rate was relatively stable, approaching less than ৳31 to US$1.[24] In January 2011, US$1 was equivalent to approximately ৳72,[25] as of 21 April 2012, US$1 was worth close to ৳82, and as of 9 September 2015 US$1 valued ৳77.

Bangladeshi taka per currency unit averaged over the year (January of every year)

Currency	ISO code	1971	1981	1991	1996	2000	2001	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
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
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
Soviet ruble (till 1993) Russian ruble (1993 – present)	SUR 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Indian rupee	INR	1.00	2.3	2.00	1.14	1.16	1.15	1.32	1.51	1.71	1.35	1.47	1.51	1.56	1.44	1.23	1.22

Current exchange rates

Current BDT exchange rates
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See also

• Economy of Bangladesh
• The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.

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External links

• Bangladesh Bank's page on currencies in circulation
• High resolution scans of Bangladeshi currency
• Historical banknotes of Bangladesh