tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31988970384873757182024-03-13T22:28:33.674+06:00Money wallpaperAll Kinds of new & old Bank NotesAhammad Doza Chowdhuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385701133458429988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198897038487375718.post-80464418007807188512014-05-09T14:31:00.000+06:002014-07-25T20:55:53.088+06:00About currency_Currency note & Bank Note<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>BANK NOTE:</b> </div>
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A <b>banknote</b> (often known as a <b>bill</b>, <b>paper money</b>, or simply a <b>note</b>) is a type of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Negotiable instrument">negotiable instrument</a> known as a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Promissory note">promissory note</a>, made by a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Bank">bank</a>, payable to the bearer on demand. When banknotes were first introduced, they were, in effect, a promise to pay the bearer in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coins</a>, but gradually became a substitute for the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coins</a> and a form of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a> in their own right. Banknotes were originally issued by commercial banks, but since their general acceptance as a form of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a>, most countries have assigned the responsibility for issuing national banknotes to a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Central bank">central bank</a>. National banknotes are <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a>, meaning that medium of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Payment">payment</a> is allowed by law or recognized by a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Legal system">legal system</a> to be valid for meeting a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Financial">financial</a> obligation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"></sup> Historically, banks sought to ensure that they could always pay customers in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coins</a>
when they presented banknotes for payment. This practice of "backing"
notes with something of substance is the basis for the history of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Central bank">central banks</a>
backing their currencies in gold or silver. Today, most national
currencies have no backing in precious metals or commodities and have
value only by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Fiat money">fiat</a>. With the exception of non-circulating high-value or precious metal issues, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coins</a> are used for lower valued monetary units, while banknotes are used for higher values.</div>
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The idea of a using durable light-weight substance as evidence of a
promise to pay a bearer on demand originated in China during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Han Dynasty">Han Dynasty</a> in 118 BC, and was made of leather.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[3]</sup> The first known banknote was <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Economy of the Song Dynasty">first developed in China</a> during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Tang Dynasty">Tang</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Song Dynasty">Song</a> dynasties, starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Receipt">receipts</a> of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), as <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Four occupations">merchants</a> and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Wholesale">wholesalers</a> desired to avoid the heavy bulk of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Ancient Chinese coinage">copper coinage</a> in large commercial transactions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0">[4]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bowman_5-0">[5]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gernet_1962_80_6-0">[6]</sup> During the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Yuan Dynasty">Yuan Dynasty</a>, banknotes were adopted by the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a>. In Europe, the concept of banknotes was first introduced during the 13th century by travelers such as <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Goetzmann_7-0">[7]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Marco_Polo_8-0">[8]</sup> with proper banknotes appearing in 1661 in Sweden.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The world's earliest paper money</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Yuan dynasty printing plate and banknote</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first paper money in Europe, issued by the Stockholms Banco in 1666.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fifty-five dollar bill in Continental currency; leaf design by Benjamin Franklin, 1779</td></tr>
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<b>CURRENCY:</b></div>
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A <b>currency</b> (from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Middle English language">Middle English</a>: <span lang="enm"><i>curraunt</i></span>, "in circulation", from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <span lang="la"><i>currens, -entis</i></span>) in the most specific use of the word refers to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a> in any form when in actual use or circulation, as a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Medium of exchange">medium of exchange</a>, especially circulating paper money. This use is synonymous with <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Banknote">banknotes</a>, or (sometimes) with banknotes plus <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coins</a>, meaning the physical tokens used for <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a> by a government.</div>
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A much more general use of the word <b>currency</b> is anything that
is used in any circumstances, as a medium of exchange. In this use,
"currency" is a synonym for the concept of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a>.</div>
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A definition of intermediate generality is that a <b>currency</b> is a <i>system</i> of money (monetary units) in common use, especially in a nation. Under this definition, British pounds, U.S. dollars, and European euros
are different types of currency, or currencies. Currencies in this
definition need not be physical objects, but as stores of value are
subject to trading between nations in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Foreign exchange market">foreign exchange markets</a>, which determine the relative values of the different currencies.
Currencies in the sense used by foreign exchange markets, are defined
by governments, and each type has limited boundaries of acceptance.</div>
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The former definitions of the term "currency" are discussed in their respective synonymous articles <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Banknote">banknote</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Coin">coin</a>, and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Money">money</a>.
The latter definition, pertaining to the currency systems of nations,
is the topic of this article. Currencies can be classified into two <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Monetary system">monetary systems</a>: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Fiat money">fiat money</a> and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Commodity money">commodity money</a>,
depending on what guarantees the value (the economy at large vs. the
government's physical metal reserves). Some currencies are <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a>
in certain jurisdictions, which means they cannot be refused as payment
for debt. Others are simply traded for their economic value. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Digital currency">Digital currency</a> arose with the popularity of computers and the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Internet">Internet</a>.</div>
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These factors led to the metal itself being the store of value: first
silver, then both silver and gold, and at one point also bronze. Now we
have copper coins and other non-precious metals as coins. Metals were
mined, weighed, and stamped into coins. This was to assure the
individual taking the coin that he was getting a certain known weight of
precious metal. Coins could be counterfeited, but they also created a
new <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Unit of account">unit of account</a>, which helped lead to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Banking">banking</a>. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Archimedes' principle">Archimedes' principle</a> provided the next link: coins could now be easily tested for their <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Fineness">fine</a>
weight of metal, and thus the value of a coin could be determined, even
if it had been shaved, debased or otherwise tampered with (see <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Numismatics">Numismatics</a>).</div>
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Most major economies using coinage had three tiers of coins: copper,
silver and gold. Gold coins were used for large purchases, payment of
the military and backing of state activities. Silver coins were used for
midsized transactions, and as a unit of account for taxes, dues,
contracts and fealty, while copper coins were used for everyday
transactions. This system had been used in ancient <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Indian coinage">India</a> since the time of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Mahajanapadas">Mahajanapadas</a>. In Europe, this system worked through the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Medieval">medieval</a> period because there was virtually no new gold, silver or copper introduced through mining or conquest.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup> Thus the overall ratios of the three coinages remained roughly equivalent.</div>
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<b>PAPER MONEY:</b></div>
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In <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="History of China">premodern</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="China">China</a>, the need for credit and for a medium of exchange that was less physically cumbersome than large numbers of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Copper">copper</a> coins led to the introduction of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Paper money">paper money</a>, i.e. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Banknote">banknotes</a>. Their introduction was a gradual process which lasted from the late <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Tang Dynasty">Tang Dynasty</a> (618–907) into the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Song Dynasty">Song Dynasty</a> (960–1279). It began as a means for merchants to exchange heavy coinage for <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Receipt">receipts</a> of deposit issued as <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Promissory note">promissory notes</a> by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Wholesaler">wholesalers</a>' shops. These notes that were valid for temporary use in a small regional territory. In the 10th century, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Song Dynasty">Song Dynasty</a> government began to circulate these notes amongst the traders in its <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Monopoly">monopolized</a>
salt industry. The Song government granted several shops the right to
issue banknotes, and in the early 12th century the government finally
took over these shops to produce state-issued currency. Yet the
banknotes issued were still only locally and temporarily valid: it was
not until the mid 13th century that a standard and uniform government
issue of paper money became an acceptable nationwide currency. The
already widespread methods of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Woodblock printing">woodblock printing</a> and then <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Pi Sheng">Pi Sheng</a>'s <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Movable type">movable type</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Printing">printing</a> by the 11th century were the impetus for the mass production of paper money in premodern China.</div>
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In Europe, paper money was first introduced on a regular basis in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> in 1661 (although <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Washington Irving">Washington Irving</a> records an earlier emergency use of it, by the Spanish in a siege during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Conquest of Granada">Conquest of Granada</a>).
Sweden was rich in copper, thus, because of copper's low value,
extraordinarily big coins (often weighing several kilograms) had to be
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The advantages of paper currency were numerous: it reduced the need
to transport gold and silver, which was risky; it facilitated loans of
gold or silver at interest, since the underlying <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Hard money (policy)">specie</a>
(gold or silver) never left the possession of the lender until someone
else redeemed the note; and it allowed a division of currency into
credit and specie backed forms. It enabled the sale of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Stock">stock</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Joint stock company">joint stock companies</a>, and the redemption of those <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Share (finance)">shares</a> in paper.</div>
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But there were also disadvantages. First, since a note has no
intrinsic value, there was nothing to stop issuing authorities printing
more notes than they had specie to back them with. Second, because it
increased the money supply, it increased inflationary pressures, a fact
observed by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="David Hume">David Hume</a>
in the 18th century. Thus paper money would often lead to an
inflationary bubble, which could collapse if people began demanding hard
money, causing the demand for paper notes to fall to zero. The printing
of paper money was also associated with wars, and financing of wars,
and therefore regarded as part of maintaining a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Standing army">standing army</a>.
For these reasons, paper currency was held in suspicion and hostility
in Europe and America. It was also addictive, since the speculative
profits of trade and capital creation were quite large. Major nations
established <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Mint (coin)">mints</a> to print money and mint coins, and branches of their treasury to collect taxes and hold gold and silver stock.</div>
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At that time, both silver and gold were considered <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a>, and accepted by governments for taxes. However, the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Gresham's law">instability in the ratio</a>
between the two grew over the course of the 19th century, with the
increases both in supply of these metals, particularly silver, and in
trade. The parallel use of both metals is called <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Bimetallism">bimetallism</a>, and the attempt to create a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Bimetallism">bimetallic</a> standard where both gold and silver backed currency remained in circulation occupied the efforts of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Inflation">inflationists</a>. Governments at this point could use currency as an instrument of policy, printing paper currency such as the United States <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="United States Note">Greenback</a>,
to pay for military expenditures. They could also set the terms at
which they would redeem notes for specie, by limiting the amount of
purchase, or the minimum amount that could be redeemed.</div>
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By 1900, most of the industrializing nations were on some form of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Gold standard">gold standard</a>, with paper notes and silver coins constituting the circulating medium. Private <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Bank">banks</a> and governments across the world followed <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Gresham's Law">Gresham's Law</a>:
keeping the gold and silver they received, but paying out in notes.
This did not happen all around the world at the same time, but occurred
sporadically, generally in times of war or financial crisis, beginning
in the early part of the 20th century and continuing across the world
until the late 20th century, when the regime of floating fiat currencies
came into force. One of the last countries to break away from the gold
standard was the United States in 1971.</div>
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No country anywhere in the world today has an enforceable gold standard or <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" title="Silver standard">silver standard</a> currency system.</div>
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Ahammad Doza Chowdhuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385701133458429988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198897038487375718.post-58524731809972214872011-03-29T09:46:00.001+06:002011-11-23T10:05:18.035+06:00HISTORY OF BANGLADESHI TAKA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="mw-headline" id="History">HISTORY OF </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">BANGLADESHI TAKA</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1971, the erstwhile province of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengal">East Bengal</a> became the independent nation of Bangladesh with the Pakistan Rupee as its interim currency. The taka became Bangladesh's currency in 1972, replacing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_rupee">Pakistani rupee</a> at par. The word "taka" is derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> term तनक <i>tanka</i> which was an ancient denomination of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver">silver</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin">coin</a>. The term taka was widely used in different parts of India but with varying meanings. In north India, taka was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper">copper</a> coin equal to two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa" title="Paisa">paise</a> and in the south, it was equal to four paisa or one <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_%28coin%29" title="Anna (coin)">anna</a>. It was only in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal">Bengal</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orissa">Orissa</a> where taka was equal to rupee. In all areas of India, taka was used informally for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money">money</a> in general. However, Bengal was the stronghold of taka.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupee">rupee</a> was introduced by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turko</a>-<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Afghanistan" title="Demographics of Afghanistan">Afghan</a> rulers and was strongly upheld by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughals</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British rulers</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengali</a> and oriya people always used the word taka for the rupee, whether silver or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold">gold</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a>, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab" title="Arab">Arab</a> traveller, noticed that, in Bengal, people described gold coins (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinar">Dinar</a>) as gold <i>tanka</i> and silver coin as silver <i>tanka</i>. In other words, whatever might be the metallic content of the coin, the people of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal">Bengal</a> called it taka. When the Pakistan Rupee was issued prior to 1971 bearing both Urdu and Bengali alphabets (the official languages of the West and East zones respectively), the word taka was used in Bangla version instead of rupiya, as in Urdu version.</div><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">POUND: </span></b><br />
Since 1971, the monetary system of Great Britain is based on the decimal system. The basic unit of British currency (currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies) is the <b>pound</b>, which is divided into <b>one hundred pence</b>. (abbreviated as <b>p</b>).<br />
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The official full name <b>pound sterling</b> (<i>plural</i>: <b>pounds sterling</b>) is used mainly in formal language and also to distinguish the currency used within the United Kingdom from others that have the same name. (GBP = Great British Pound)<br />
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As a unit of currency, the term <b>pound</b> originates from the value of one pound Tower weight of high purity silver known as <b>sterling silver</b>. Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The word <i>sterling</i> is believed to come from the Old Norman French <i>esterlin</i> (meaning <i>little star</i>) transformed in <i>stiere</i> in Old English (<i>strong</i>, <i>firm</i>, <i>immovable</i>).<br />
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The currency sign is the pound sign, originally <b>₤</b> with two cross-bars, then later more commonly <b>£</b> with a single cross-bar. The pound sign derives from the '<b>£sd</b>' pronounced, and sometimes written as '<b>LSD</b>'. The abbreviation comes from <i>librae</i>, <i>solidi</i>, <i>denarii</i> (<i>libra</i> was the basic Roman unit of weight; the <i>solidus</i> and <i>denarius</i> were Roman coins). '<b>£sd</b>' was the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies <b>pounds</b>, <b>shillings</b>, <b>pence</b> of the Britain and other countries. <br />
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<b>The coins in circulation:</b> 1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 pence, 50 pence, 1 pound, 2 pounds.<br />
<b>The notes (paper money) in circulation:</b> £5, £10, £20, £50, and £100.<br />
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Scottish £1 notes are still in circulation in Scotland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man have some different coins and notes from the mainland but the monetary system is the same.<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Those pictures are the old currency of Bangladesh.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">Exchange </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">of currency: </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">In Bangladesh Bank do this kind of task. Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh. It also help the business organization in their import export business. It is very necessary tbe rate of one currency to others. Most of the countries convert their currency to USD. So it is necessary to know about the latest </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">exchange </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">rate of BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) against to USD.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">To Know latest exchange rate against BDT to <a href="http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/econdata/exchangerate.php">USD......CLICK HERE </a></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">Here are some picture or image of Bangladesh Bank note or Paper money. that i collect from </span></span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.kcshop.com/fc/p.php?pic=F4384">World Paper Money</a><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">Current Bank note:</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;">Front size of 100 Taka Note</span></b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4FclBxDeI/AAAAAAAAAFA/SqzM8MrQiLg/s1600/tk100o1o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475820185463098850" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4FclBxDeI/AAAAAAAAAFA/SqzM8MrQiLg/s320/tk100o1o.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 149px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;">Front size of 05 Taka Note</span></b><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4Fcd_gNiI/AAAAAAAAAE4/l8gLeP44cL4/s1600/tk5o1r.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475820183574558242" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4Fcd_gNiI/AAAAAAAAAE4/l8gLeP44cL4/s320/tk5o1r.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 166px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3366ff;">Back size of 5 Taka Note</span></b><br />
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</b></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4FcEqWCtI/AAAAAAAAAEw/30EqtdUGafs/s1600/tk5o1o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475820176774925010" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dzaT5tA4_E4/S_4FcEqWCtI/AAAAAAAAAEw/30EqtdUGafs/s320/tk5o1o.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 169px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div></div>Ahammad Doza Chowdhuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385701133458429988noreply@blogger.com0