IBNS Banknote of the Year
The IBNS Banknote of the Year award is an initiative of the IBNS to recognize an exceptional banknote issued each year.
IBNS Members can nominate a Banknote for the award by contacting the Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator (banknoteoftheyear@ibns.biz). Banknotes nominated must have been issued to the public (specimens and non-circulating currencies are inelligble) for the first time during the year of the award, and must have artistic merit and/or innovative security features. When nominating a note, please provide your reasons for nomination, and if possible, a scan of the front and back of the note. Nominations for the award will be accepted up to the 31st January of the following year. For full terms & conditions of the award, please see here.
Once nominations have closed, the winner will be decided by a vote of the IBNS, who will consider the artistic merit, design, use of colour, contrast, balance, and security features of each nomination. The winner will be announced at the the first IBNS Board meeting of the year.
Banknote of 2014 Nominations
Do you know of a banknote issued to the public in 2014 that should be nominated for the Banknote of 2014?
If you do, please send your nominations to the Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator (banknoteoftheyear@ibns.biz).
View the Banknote of 2014 Nominations
Banknote of 2013 Winner
At the IBNS Board Meeting at Valkenburg it was announced that the Winner of the IBNS Banknote of 2013 was the Kazakhstan 1,000 Tenge Note. The Canadian $10 note was placed second and the Fiji $5 note was third.
