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IBNS Journal 63-1

includes articles on Script of Jammu, Kashmir and Tibet, Time and Timekeeping on Banknotes, E. Chiossone: The Father of the Japanese Banknotes, Spanish Colonial Issues in Cuba and Post Office Exchange Tokens of the Amur Region.

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Latest Banknote of 2023 Nominations

Latest Nominations for the Banknote of 2023 are Solomon Islands: 10-Dollar Note, Peru: 200-Sol Note, Egypt: 20-Pound Note,Kazakhstan: 10,000-Tenge Note, Tonga: 10-pa'anga Note

Do you know of a banknote that was issued to the public that should be nominated for the Banknote of 2023?  Send your nominations to the Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator (banknoteoftheyear@theibns.org).

 

England's 5 Pound Note

Nominated by Tej Rathore, IBNS Member 11710

GBR-5-Front
GBR-5-Back
 
Note Great Britain BNL (PNL): 5 pounds (US$6)
Predominant Colour(s) Blue
Front Bank seal; Elizabeth Tower (aka Big Ben); coronation crown; Queen Elizabeth II
Back Winston Churchill; maze at Blenheim Palace in green foil
Watermark (shadow image) None
Additional Security Kurz’s Kinegram Colors holographic stripe; No security thread
Printer TDLR
Size 125 x 65 mm Polymer (Innovia’s Guardian)
Introduced 13/09/2016
Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book