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2 Taka

2 Taka - obverse2 Taka - reverse

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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).

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.

2 Taka -  obverse

© Kiet Tran (CC BY-SA)

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.

© Kiet Tran

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References Frequency
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  Photo $ 0.43 P# 52d
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Signature: Mahbub Ahmed 6%
2016  Photo $ 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  Photo $ 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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Examples of the type

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2016 – P# 52e – Signature: Mahbub Ahmed • 100 × 60 mm (see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 2 Taka
Katz
Auction 151
Lot 96
Internet Archive
25 Feb 2025 2015 – P# 52d – Signature: Mahbub Ahmed UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 2 Taka
Katz
Auction 111
Lot 55
Internet Archive
30 Jan 2024 2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 2 Taka
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 2607
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 2 Taka
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 46
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 2018 – P# 52g(1)s – Specimen; signature: Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury UNC USD 6.97
(EUR 6.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 2 Taka
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 3446
Internet Archive
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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