500 Taka

500 Taka - obverse500 Taka - reverse

© Akhtaruzzaman Prodhan (CC BY)

Features

Issuer Bangladesh
Period People's Republic (1971-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1982-1995
Value 500 Taka
500 BDT = USD 4.55
Currency Taka (1972-date)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
217201
References P# 30
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

At right side - Star Mosque (Bengali: তারা মসজিদ; also known as Tara Masjid), is a mosque located in Armanitola area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The mosque has ornate designs and is decorated with motifs of blue stars. It was built in the first half of the 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir (Mirza Ahmed Jan).

The main appeal of the mosque is the striking mosaics decorating it. The artisans who created these patterns used a technique called Chinitikri, which uses broken shards of China porcelain as mosaic pieces. (Pieces of broken bottles were also used at times because colored ceramics were costly.) The size of the pieces varied from half an inch to 2.5 inches, and the preferred shapes were rhomboid and triangular.

The mosque is now one of the few extant examples of an architectural work decorated with Chinitikri-style mosaics. Most notable is the Chinitikri blue star motif that gives the structure its popular name, Star Mosque. Hundreds of blue-colored stars adorn the white marble domes, and this star theme is echoed by the mosaics of flowers and rosettes found on the façade and the interior of the mosque.

Reverse

Front Side of High Court building in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Lettering:
BANGLADESH BANK
FIVE HUNDRED TAKA

Watermark

Modified tiger head

Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

Comments

Khorshed Alam

© Bank Note Museum

Shegufta Bakth

© Bank Note Museum
a. Solid security thread.
b. Six digit serial number and segmented foil over security thread.
c. 8 digit serial.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1982-1995)  18% P#30a(1)- Signature: Nurul Islam
ND (1982-1995)  11% P#30a(2)- Signature: Shegufta Bakth
ND (1982-1995)  22% P#30b(1)- Signature: Shegufta Bakth
ND (1982-1995)  $ 7.00 41% P#30b(2)- Signature: Khorshed Alam
ND (1982-1995)  $ 8.10 27% P#30c- Signature: Khorshed Alam

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 TakaPicture 1 of a sold 500 Taka
Katz
Auction 81
Lot 8
Internet Archive
29 Apr 2023 Undetermined VF USD 14.02
(EUR 13.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
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