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.

View the nominations for the Banknote of the Year 2011
(For Banknotes issued in 2010)

Banknote of the Year 2009
Samoa 20-Tala note

View the 2009 nominations

Banknote of the Year 2007
Banque Centrale des Comores 1,000-Franc note

View the 2007 nominations