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Banknote of 2024 Voting Open

Voting for the IBNS Banknote of 2024 has started and runs to the 17th March.

IBNS Members can vote online here - https://www.theibns.org/bnoyvote

 
Latest Banknote of 2024 Nominations

The latest nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: Philippines: 500-Piso Note, Cambodia: 200,000 Riels Note, Mongolia: 5,000 Togrog Note

 
IBNS Journal 63-4

includes articles on Alves Reis and the Portugese Banknote Case, Oxford Old Bank, Romanian Athenaeum on Banknotes, Banknotes in a Crisis?, When Governments Counterfeit: Part II, Wrong Country! Foreign Motifs on Banknotes

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IBNS Board and Officers

President Sev Onyshkevych USA Contact
First Vice President Fabrizio Raponi USA Contact
Second Vice President S. Hakim Hamdani Netherlands Contact
Immediate Past President Pam West UK Contact
 

Regional Directors

Director, Region 1
- US/Canada Mountain time zone and west
Clinton O'Toole Canada Contact
Director, Region 2
- US/Canada Central time zone and east; Bermuda
Brent Mackie Canada Contact
Director, Region 3
- United Kingdom
Jonathan Callaway UK Contact
Director, Region 4
- Western Europe and Scandinavian countries
(including Finland), excluding UK
Thomas Augustsson Sweden Contact
Director, Region 5
- Baltic States, Eastern Europe (east of
Germany, Austria, Italy), the Middle East and Africa
Serhiy Trushyn Germany Contact
Director, Region 6
- Asia east from the Urals and Caspian Sea, South Asia east
of Iran, Australasia, Pacific Islands not US postal codes
Anthony James Australia Contact
Director, Region 7
- Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
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Directors At Large

NameCountry  NameCountry 
Jaime Sanz Spain Contact   Stane Straus Slovenia Contact
Colin Meikle Australia Contact   Jason Lutz USA Contact
David White Australia Contact   Kavan Ratnatunga Sri Lanka Contact
Frank Robinson Australia Contact        
 

Honorary Directors For Life

Joseph E Boling USA Contact  
Peter Symes Australia Contact  
Roger Urce USA Contact  
 

IBNS Officers

General Secretary* Gordon de Totth Australia Contact
Membership Secretary* for Europe, Africa and the Middle East Robin Hill UK Contact
Membership Secretary* for Australasia and Asia Pacific Gordon de Totth Australia Contact
Membership Secretary* for the Western Hemisphere Brian Giese USA Contact
Chapters Secretary* Dmitriy Litvak USA Contact
Treasurer* Dave Frank USA Contact
Assistant Treasurer (USA) Jason Lutz USA Contact
Assistant Treasurer (UK) Robin Hill UK Contact
Grievance and Discipline Program Manager* Flemming Hansen Denmark Contact
Grievance and Discipline Program Assistant Stanley Serxner USA Contact
Grievance and Discipline Program Assistant Tony Alsop Australia Contact
Legal Counsel* James A. Downey USA Contact
Educational Program Manager* Fabrizio Raponi Japan Contact
Awards Program Manager* Dennis Lutz USA Contact
Archivist Roger Urce USA Contact
Journal Editor*
Alex Kort USA Contact
Journal Co Editor*
Petar Blagojevic USA Contact
General Advertising Manager* Tim Welo USA Contact
Webmaster* Robin Hill UK Contact
       

IBNS Chapter Chair/President

01 London Chapter Chairperson Pam West UK Contact
02 Sydney Chapter President Graham Owen Australia Contact
04 Neil Shafer (Midwest) Chapter President Garrett Schumacher USA Contact
06 Melbourne Chapter President Stephen Prior Australia Contact
08 Netherlands Chapter President Oleg Banachek Netherlands Contact
11 East Midlands Chapter Chairman Simon Biddlestone UK Contact
13 Vancouver Chapter President Ron Richardson Canada Contact
14 Perth Chapter President Steve Milner Australia Contact
19 Indian Banknote Collectors Chapter Chairman Rezwan Razack India Contact
24 Greater New York City Chapter President Suresh Jagannathan USA Contact
26 North Carolina Chapter President Austin Mattox USA Contact
27 Rocky Mountain Chapter President
Ed Hornung USA Contact
28 Romania Chapter President Florin Mercea Romania Contact
29 Spain Chapter President Jaime Sanz Spain Contact
32 Lebanon Chapter President Gilbert Abou Fayssal Lebanon Contact
34 Ukraine Chapter President Vitalii Hashchak Ukraine Contact
35 Nepal Chapter President Deependra Shakya Nepal Contact
36 African Banknote Collectors Chapter President Kevin Warfel USA Contact
37 Ontario Chapter President Brent Mackie Canada Contact
38 Hindustan Chapter President Anish Mehta India Contact
42 Mosaic Chapter President Serhiy Trushyn Germany Contact
 
* ex officio member of the executive board