5 Taka

5 Taka - obverse5 Taka - reverse

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Features

Issuer Bangladesh
Period People's Republic (1971-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1976
Value 5 Taka
5 BDT = USD 0.046
Currency Taka (1972-date)
Composition Paper
Size 120 × 65 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
234427
References P# 15
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.

Series: Star Mosque

Obverse

Fish in underpinned at left side.

Shapla Flower (The national Flower of Bangladesh) in the middle.
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.

Script: Bengali

Lettering:
বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক
চাহিবা মাত্র ইহার বাহককে
পাঁচ টাকা
দিতে বাধ্য থাকিবে
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশদেশ সরকারের
দায়িত্বে প্রবর্তিত
নাজিরুদ্দিন আহমদ
গভর্নর

Translation:
BANGLADESH BANK
FIVE TAKA
NAZIRUDDIN AHMED
GOVERNOR

Reverse

Bangladesh Bank logo, jute leaves, industrial buildings with two sailing boats.

Lettering:
BANGLADESH BANK
FIVE TAKA

Translation: BANGLADESH BANK

Watermark

Roaring Royal Bengal tiger.

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

After the military coup of 15 August, 1975 the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was removed from every note. All the newly issued note had "Star Mosque" on them.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1976)  P# 15a- Signature: A. K. Naziruddin Ahmed

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