5 Taka

Features

Issuer	Bangladesh
Issuing bank	Bangladesh Bank (বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক)
Period	People's Republic (1971-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1994-1996
Value	5 Taka 5 BDT = USD 0.041
Currency	Taka (1972-date)
Composition	Stainless steel
Weight	8.17 g
Diameter	26.8 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 1975
References	KM# 18.1-18.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 23.1-23.3 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Jamuna Bridge Automatically translated

Obverse

The National Emblem of Bangladesh: a water lily bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above are a three-leaf clover of tea leaves and four stars representing the four principles of the first constitution of Bangladesh in 1972: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy.

Script: Bengali

Lettering: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক

Translation: Bangladesh Bank

Reverse

In top name of the Bridge is written in Bangla. In middle there is picture of Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge which is currently known as Bangabandhu Bridge. Its length is 5.63 km over the river Padma which is currently 6th longest bridge in South Asia. In bottom year of issue, value of the coin is written in figure and in words both in English & Bangla.

Scripts: Bengali, Latin

Lettering:
যমুনা বহুমুখী সেতু ১৯৯৬
FIVE TAKA ৫ পাঁচ টাকা

Translation:
Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge 1996
Five Taka 5 Five Taka

Edge

Plain

Comments

There are three varieties of this coin. KM#18.1 was struck in 1994 and 1996 and has narrow wave lines and relief leaves of lotus on the obverse with flat clouds on the reverse.
Images of 1994 KM#18.1

© Alexandr Prokofyev

In 1996, the KM#18.2 and KM#18.3 varieties have thicker design features (most notable in the clouds). These two types can be distinguished by their weights and by the different forms of the numeral '৬' in the date: for KM#18.2, the left-hand stroke is vertical (relative to the numeral) whilst, for KM#18.3, the left-hand stroke is slanted towards the previous numeral.
Images of 1996 KM#18.2

© Alexandr Prokofyev

The Schön subtypes correspond to the KM subtypes.

Side-by-side photos of the design differences:

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1994		$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.41	$ 1.50	KM#18.1 ১৯৯৪	33%
1996		$ 0.58	$ 0.62	$ 0.62	$ 1.20	KM#18.1 ১৯৯৬ (Flat design features; 7.87 g; 27.7 mm)	43%
1996	$ 0.28	$ 0.29	$ 0.58	$ 0.79	$ 1.20	KM#18.2 ১৯৯৬ (Thicker design features; 7.87 g; 27.7 mm)	36%
1996		$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.92	KM#18.3 ১৯৯৬ (Thicker design features; 8.17 g, 26.7 mm)	23%

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