Bangladeshi taka
Bangladeshi taka: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- BDT
- Ancestry branch
- Indian rupee
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The taka replaced the Pakistani rupee in 1972; regular-circulation coins followed in 1973. [1]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Bangladesh’s taka succeeded the Pakistani rupee at equal unit value. Year precision distinguishes the accounting transition from first national banknote issue. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Bangladesh Bank · Coins and Banknotes of Bangladesh, 2013 C506 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C966 ↗
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“Bangladeshi taka.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000287.html