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Djuren på sedeln heter 'spotted deers', det vill säga fläckig hjort. Den fläckiga hjorten lever i Indien, säger nätets alla informationskällor. Alldeles uppenbart lever den även i Bangladesh, annars skulle den ju inte hamna på landets sedlar. Det är inte ovanligt med flockar på hela 100 djur av denna art. Djuret påstås vara extremt nervöst. Vilket inte är svårt att förstå. Vilken munsbit den måste vara för Indiens och Bangladesh alla rovdjur.

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Landets valutahistorik

Indiska rupien

Indiska rupien användes i bl.a. nuvarande Bangladesh fram till och med andra världskrigets slut och i ytterligare ett par år.

Pakistanska rupien

Bangladesh blev självständigt strax före jul 1971. Den 1 januari 1972 introducerades dess egna valuta Taka (BDT), som är indelad i 100 Paisas.

Jag hittade ett pressmeddelande på nätet (från maj 2001). Det berättar att Bangladesh numera ger ut polymer (plastic) paper money:

"The Bangladesh Bank have issued a new 10 Taka banknote which is printed on Polymer, Bangladesh's first plastic banknote for circulation. The new note measures 130 / 60 mm and is dated with the year 2000.

The portrait on the obverse is that of Bangabandu Sheik Mujibur Rahman while the reverse illustrates a contemporary communications complex along with a satellite dish.

The dominant colour is light red with a darker print used for the portrait. Security features include a "window" situated to the far right which includes a small flower printed in the middle, a watermark of a Loin's head to the far left and next to the portrait and a security thread (applied as a watermark) next to the window which contains microtext."

Här är den.

10 Taka 2001 (P35)

Bangladesh Bank to reintroduce polymer banknotes

"Bangladesh Bank is again considering the introduction of polymer-based bank notes, said officials of the central bank. A proposal to introduce new notes of Tk 50 denomination made of plastic polymer is under review at the currency management department of the central bank.

The bank had previously issued 48.78 million polymer notes of Tk 10 denomination in 2000, at a cost of Tk 179.339 million (Tk 3.70 per piece).

'I am assessing whether Bangladesh Bank can introduce polymer notes of Tk 50 denomination within the next couple of months,' Chowdhury Mohidul Islam, general manager of the currency management department, told bdnews24.com on Tuesday.

Although the central bank's previous attempt at introducing polymer notes was not good, he explained, the bank was thinking of printing polymer notes again as they last four times longer than paper notes. 'An Australian company has submitted some samples of polymer notes which are of higher quality-unlike the previous notes.

Printing on this polymer will not be easily defaced,' Islam said. The draft proposal will be sent to the executive director, deputy governor and the governor of Bangladesh Bank for final approval, he added. "

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka 24/6 2007.