List of Bangladesh 5 Taka Coins

[Gerhard Schön]

Maybe a special kind of steel.

Whenever stainless steel contains a sufficient amount of nickel in the alloy, it is no longer attracted to a magnet.
This is why the Schön book distinguishes between ferritic and austenitic steel.

[Md. Shariful Islam]

Whenever stainless steel contains a sufficient amount of nickel in the alloy, it is no longer attracted to a magnet.
This is why the Schön book distinguishes between ferritic and austenitic steel.

Thanks. But may I ask you, are you that Schon? I Mean r u the author of the book?

Islam

[Gerhard Schön]

Yes, sir. The five varieties of the 5 taka between 1994 and 2008 were made by different mints which can be distinguished by the engraving, the size of the coin and the steel alloy used.

[Md. Shariful Islam]

Yes, sir. The five varieties of the 5 taka between 1994 and 2008 were made by different mints which can be distinguished by the engraving, the size of the coin and the steel alloy used.

Thanks and great. Though you already mentioned '5 varieties', but may I ask you again is there 1998 five taka? Krause lists but did not trace by me and other members.

Islam

[Gerhard Schön]

Neither I nor anyone else I know have ever seen a 5 Taka coin dated 1998.

[Md. Shariful Islam]

Neither I nor anyone else I know have ever seen a 5 Taka coin dated 1998.

Thanks a lot for the confirmation.

[Prosit]

Only if you turn it on its side and even then not very much.
Dale

Most probably it's a misreading of 1994. The Bengal 4 looks like an 8 to westerners ...

[Coinsforever]

Neither I nor anyone else I know have ever seen a 5 Taka coin dated 1998.

Thanks and great. Though you already mentioned '5 varieties', but may I ask you again is there 1998 five taka? Krause lists but did not trace by me and other members.

Obverse
The National Emblem of Bangladesh: a water lily bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above are a three-leaf clover of tea leaves and four stars representing the four principles of the first constitution of Bangladesh in 1972: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy.

Lettering: বাংআদেশ ব্যাংক

Reverse
Jamuna bridge, the second longest bridge in Asia

Lettering:
যযুনা বলৃযুখী মেতু ১৯৯৬
FIVE TAKA ৫ পাঁচ টাকা

Edge
Smooth


One of the reasons could be less mintage for 1998 or proof/VIP issue only without circulation.


Cheers

[nat]

Recently, a multistrike coin was sold on ebay that appears to be a 5 Taka coin dated 2007.  The seller listed the coin as 2009 and told me that he had a general strike coin in his collection.  He did not respond whether the alloy was magnetic.  The 5 Taka dated 2006 is not magnetic while the 5 Taka dated 2008 is magnetic.  The 2008 coins were minted in Malaysia and the seller of the 2007 multistrike is in Malaysia.  Does anyone have any more information about the 2007 dated 5 Taka coins?

[Md. Shariful Islam]

I heared about this coin from one of coin dealers during the bidding and also heared that the coin has been sold at high. But from the picture I have some doubt on the coin.

1. A multi struck coin of date which is not known date itself is a cause of doubt.
2. Look at the right edge of the coin. It gives an impression that the flan is round while coin of five taka should have multi foil.

Islam

[nat]

You have a sharp eye!  I have to wonder if the coin was rejected by the Bangladesh Bank for not being 12-sided.  If so, then the 2007 would be considered to be a pattern and not a general issue.

[Md. Shariful Islam]

You have a sharp eye!  I have to wonder if the coin was rejected by the Bangladesh Bank for not being 12-sided.  If so, then the 2007 would be considered to be a pattern and not a general issue.

I guess, the die was made but for some reason coin was not struck. This may be a test coin. The flan is round. Look at the left hand side of the coin. The sides of the die is on the flan. I don't think that after strike the sides are cut.  I guess the strike is impressed on a 12 sided flan. If so, the strike is on a wrong flan. That may be caused by the fact that it is a test coin, not an official one. If so, what will be its status?

Islam

[Figleaf]

If you have already issued coins like this in 2006, there is no reason to make patterns in 2007. If it is dated 2009, there is even less reason to make a pattern. So, could it be a trial for a round coin? Look at the right imprint of the die and you see that the die was not round. Therefore, this is unlikely to be a pattern.

How did it happen? My speculation is that a miscreant fed the wrong flan into the press. It got stuck, because it was slightly larger than the real flan and it was hit again. Our small time crook removed the piece from the press and managed to smuggle it out of the mint (that's why it surfaced in Thailand).

Peter

[nat]

According to Schön, the 2006 5 Taka were minted in India.  There was a tender for 300,000,000 5 Taka 3 October 2007.  Assuming that was the tender that led to 2007 dated 5 Taka sample coins being minted in Malaysia, if those samples were rejected for any reason, it is quite possible that the next batch could have been dated 2008 with no 2007 released for circulation.  The next tender offer for 5 Taka coins seems to be the portrait of Rahman issue.  The previous tender offer was 6 September 2006 that probably accounts for the coins with that date so the three tender offers may correspond to three dates 2006, 2008, and 2012.

While I would assume that the entire production of coins would be delivered to the Bangladesh Bank, it is certainly possible that some might have been "misplaced" especially defective or sample coins.  It would be nice to know the weight and composition of the 2007 dated coins and whether any were actually released by the Bangladesh Bank.  It would also be nice to know whether any 2007 dated 5 taka coins are 12 sided or round. 

[Globetrotter]

I never saw the 1998 either! What I have

1994   km18,1
1996   km18,1
1996   km18,2
1996   km18,3