2 Taka

Features

Issuer	Bangladesh
Issuing bank	Bangladesh Bank (বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক)
Period	People's Republic (1971-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2011-2024
Value	2 Taka 2 BDT = USD 0.016
Currency	Taka (1972-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	100 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 204778
References	P# 52 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 207 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Dark green print on multishade light orange and light green underprint; serial number black.
Portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), the Father of the Nation. Jatiyo Sriti Soudho or National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar, designed by Syed Mainul Hossain.

Script: Bengali

Lettering:
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
দুই টাকা

Translation: Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Two Taka

Reverse

Dark green and red print on multishade light orange and light green underprint.
Shaheed Minar Monument (1972) in Dhaka established to commemorate those martyrs killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952, designed and built by sculptor Hamidur Rahman. Star-shaped flowers.

Script: Bengali

Lettering:
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
দুই টাকা
ভাষা আন্দোলনের শহীদ মিনার

Translation:
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Two Taka
Martyr's Minar of the Language Movement

Watermark

Portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, electrotype denomination 2, and Bangladesh Bank coat of arms.

Printer

The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. (দি সিকিউরিটি প্রিন্টিং কর্পোরেশন (বাংলাদেশ) লিমিটেড), Bangladesh (1988-date)

Comments

a. 2011.Signature reads FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
b. 2012.Signature reads FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
c. 2013.Signature reads FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
d. 2015.Signature reads SENIOR FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
e. 2016.Signature reads SENIOR FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
f. 2017.Signature reads SENIOR FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
s. 2017. SPECIMEN
2018. Signature reads FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali.
2021. Signature reads SENIOR FINANCE SECRETARY in Bengali

Security thread:

Solid, only visible under backlight, no inscription. Runs in between Bangabandhu's portrait and the National Martyrs' Memorial.

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Date	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2011			$ 0.57	P# 52a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Mohammed Tareq	29%
2012	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.46	P# 52b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Mohammed Tareq	24%
2013		$ 0.50	$ 0.52	P# 52c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Fazle Kabir	22%
2015			$ 0.43	P# 52d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Mahbub Ahmed	6%
2016		$ 0.46	$ 0.49	P# 52e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Mahbub Ahmed	34%
2017			$ 0.36	P# 52f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Hedayetullah Al Mamoon	3%
2017			$ 0.81	P# 52fs Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; signature: Hedayetullah Al Mamoon	0.7%
2018			$ 0.45	P# 52g(1) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	P#52; Signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury	3%
2018			$ 5.00	P# 52g(1)s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury	1.2%
2018			$ 0.36	P# 52g(2) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Abdur Rouf Talukder	2%
2021			$ 0.42	P# 52h Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Abdur Rouf Talukder	3%
2021			$ 0.98	P# 52hs Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; signature: Abdur Rouf Talukder	1.5%
2022			$ 0.55	P# 52i Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature: Fatima Yasmin	5%
2023			$ 1.10	P# 52js Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; signature: Dr. Khairuzzaman Majumdar	1.4%
2024			$ 0.27	TBB# 207l Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	Signature: Dr. Khairuzzaman Majumdar	0.6%

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 151 Lot 96	25 Feb 2025	2015 – P# 52d – Signature: Mahbub Ahmed	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 111 Lot 55	30 Jan 2024	2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 99 Lot 2607	31 Oct 2023	2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 97 Lot 46	7 Oct 2023	2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury	UNC	USD 6.97 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3446	30 Nov 2022	2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury		USD 17.41 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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