BANGLADESH

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CONTENT

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
1 - 3D (1971-1972) "Pakistani Rupees Overprints" Provisional Issue
GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH
4 - 6C (1972-2001) & 2002-2010 Issue
BANGLADESH BANK
7 - 9 (1972) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue
10 - 12 (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Left" Issue
13 - 14 (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Right" Issue
15 - 19 (1976-1977) "Star Mosque" Issue
20 - 24 (1978-1982) "Printing over Watermark Area" Issue
25 - 31 (1982-2006) "Clear Watermark Area" Issue
32 (1996) "Victory Day Silver Jubilee" Commemorative Overprint Issue
33 (1997-2000) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue
34 (1998) "National Monument" Issue
35 - 38 1999-2001 Issue
39 - 43 2002-2010 Issue
44 - 45 2003-2008 Issue
46 - 51 2006-2011 Issue
52 - 59 2011-2023 "Mujibur Rahman" Issue
60 2011 "40th Anniversary of Independence" Commemorative Issue
61 2012 "60 Years of Language Movement" Commemorative Issue
62 2013 "25 Years of Security Printing Corporation" Commemorative Issue
63 2013 "100 Years of Bangladesh National Museum" Commemorative Issue
64 - 64A 2016-2022 "Peoples Republic 5 Taka" Issue
65 2018 "Developing Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue
W66 - W67 2020-2023 "Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary" Commemorative Issue
W68 - W69 2021 "Golden Jubilee of Independence" Commemorative Issues
W70 2022 "Padma Bridge" Commemorative Issue
W71 2022 "Golden Jubilee of the Constitution and the Supreme Court of the PDR Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue
W72 2022 "Dhaka Metro Rail" Commemorative Issue
W73 2023 "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel" Commemorative Issue

 


GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

(1971-1972) "Pakistani Rupees Overprints" Provisional Issue


NOTE regarding "BANGLADESH" - Stamped Pakistani Banknotes

Pick lists a series of Pakistani banknotes, rubber stamped with the word "BANGLADESH", either in English or in Bengali (P-1, P-1A, P-2, P-2A, P-3, P-3A and P-3B).

I would like to draw readers' attention to the BANGLADESH PAPER MONEY CATALOGUE, written by Mohammed Jahirul Islam, a valuable local expert on this matter, where he explains:

After nine months of Liberation War against Pakistan Army Rule, East Pakistan (i.e. Bangladesh) became liberated on 16.12.1971. A special order was issued, proclaiming the Deputy Governor's Office as "Bangladesh Bank" (i.e. the Central Bank of Bangladesh).
Pakistani Rupees bank notes of 1, 5, 10 and 50 were accepted as legal tender in Bangladesh, because the country could not issue its own currency notes until 04.03.1972.

It was an unofficial practice of some Bengalis to protest Pakistani rule by stamping banknotes with "BANGLADESH" in either Bengali or English during the a.m. period.
It may be mentioned that Pakistani postage stamps were rubber-stamped and used all over Bangladesh until 30.04.1973, but Bangladesh Bank or the Ministry of Finance never issued an order to overprint or rubber-stamp Pakistani currency.
On 08.061971, 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.


 

1 Rupee
1 Ruppe/Taka

P-1

1 Rupee
1 Rupee/Taka

P-1A

5 Rupees

P-2

10 Rupees
10 Rupees

P-3

10 Rupees
10 Rupees

P-3A

10 Rupees
10 Rupees

P-3B

100 Rupees

P-3D

 

 

 

 

 

 


GOVERNMENT
Taka System

ND (1972-2001) & 2002-2017 Issues

1 Taka
1 Taka

P-4

1 Taka
1 Taka

P-5
a(1) a(2)
b

1 Taka
1 Taka

P-6

1 Taka
1 Taka

P-6A

1 Taka
1 Taka

P-6B
a(1) a(2) a(3)
a(4) a(5) a(6) a(7)
b c

2 Taka
2 Taka

P-6C
a(1) a(2) a(3) a(4)
 b(1) b(2)
c d
e(1) e(2)
f g h [i] j k l m n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


BANGLADESH BANK

ND (1972) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-7

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-8

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-9
a b

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Left" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-10

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-11
a b

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-12
a b

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Right" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-13
a(1) a(2)

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-14
a(1) a(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1976-1977) "Star Mosque" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-15

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-16

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-17

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-18

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-19

 

ND (1978-1982) "Printing over Watermark Area" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-20

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-21

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-22

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-23

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-24

 

ND (1982-2006) "Clear Watermark Area" Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-25
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2) b(3)
c(1) c(2) c(3)

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-26
a

b(1) b(2)
c(1) c(2) c(3)

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-27
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-28
a(1) a(2) a(3)
b c

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-29

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-30
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-31
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c(1) c(2) c(3)
d(1) d(2)
e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1996) "Victory Day Silver Jubilee" Commemorative Overprint Issue

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1997-2000) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-33
(1) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND (1998) "National Monument" Issue

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1999-2001 Issue

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-35
with flower
without flower

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-36

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-37

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-38

 

 

 

2002-2010 Issue

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-39
a b c d

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-39A
a b

2008

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-40
a b c d

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-41
a b c d e f

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-42
a b c

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-43
a b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-2008 Issue

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-44

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-45
a b c d e f g h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006-2011 Issue

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-46

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-46A
a

b(1) b(2)
[c]

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-47
a b c

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-48
a b c d

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-49
a b c d
e(1) e(2)

f(1) f(2)
g

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-50
a b

1.000 Taka
1.000 Taka

P-51
a b c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011-2023 "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

2 Taka
2 Taka

P-52
a b c d e f
2018(1) 2018(2)
2021 2022

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-53
a b c

5 Taka
5 Taka

P-53A
a b

 

10 Taka
10 Taka

P-54
a(1) a(2)
b c d e f g h
2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)

2023

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-55
a b
 

20 Taka
20 Taka

P-55A
a(1) a(2)
b c d e
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)

50 Taka
50 Taka

P-56
a b c d e f g
2018 2019

50 Taka

P-W56A
2019 2021 2022

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-57
a b c d e
f(1) f(2)
g(1) g(2)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

500 Taka
500 Taka

P-58
a b c d e f1 f2
g(1) g(2)

2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)

1.000 Taka
1.000 Taka

P-59
a b c d e f1 f2 g
2018 2019 2020 2021 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 "40th Anniversary of Independence" Commemorative Issue

40 Taka
40 Taka

P-60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 "60 Years of Language Movement" Commemorative Issue

60 Taka
60 Taka

P-61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013 "25 Years Security Printing Corporation" Commemorative Issue

25 Taka
25 Taka

P-62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013 "100 Years Bangladesh National Museum" Commemorative Issue

100 Taka
100 Taka

P-63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016-2022 "Peoples Republic 5 Taka" Issue

5 Taka

P-64

5 Taka

P-64A
a b
2018(1) 2018(2)
2021 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018 "Developing Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue

70 Taka

P-65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020-2023 "Father of the Nation Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary" Commemorative Issue

100 Taka

P-W66

200 Taka

P-W67
2020 2022 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 "Golden Jubilee of Independence" Commemorative Issues

50 Taka

P-W68

50 Taka

P-W69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022 "Padma Bridge" Commemorative Issue

100 Taka


P-W70
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022 "Golden Jubilee of the Constitution and the Supreme Court of the PDR of Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue

50 Taka

P-W71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022 "Dhaka Metro Rail" Commemorative Issue

50 Taka

P-W72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel" Commemorative Issue

50 Taka

P-W73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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