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| IBNS Journal 59-2 |
Is available to download and includes a tribute to Colin Narbeth (IBNS Founder and Life Member No. 1); Peasants, Produce & Tractors; Hidden Features of Test Notes; Guinea 50 Francs 1958 and Forged Notes during the Company & British Raj. |
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| Journal Delivery |
Due to COVID-19 the delivery of the IBNS Journal to the following countries will be delayed. We will look to dispatch the journal as soon as the restrictions are lifted. Azerbaijan / Botswana / Chad / Cuba / Djibouti / Haiti / Iraq / Kosovo / Malawi / Mauritania / Mauritius / Nepal / Pakistan / Paraguay / Tanzania (DAR) / Tunisia / Turkmenistan / Venezuela / Zambia / Zimbabwe |
| Banknote of 2020 Nominations |
The Nominations received so far are Bank of England's 20 Pound Note, Scotland's (Royal Bank of Scotland) 20 Pound Note and Northern Ireland's (Ulster Bank) 20 Pound Note. Do you know of a banknote that will be issued to the public that should be nominated for the Banknote of 2020? Send your nominations to the Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator (banknoteoftheyear@theibns.org). |
Banknote of 2016 - Nominations
Nominations closed 31 January 2017
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has selected the Swiss National Bank to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2016. With almost 120 new banknotes released worldwide during 2016, over half were of sufficiently new design to be eligible for nomination. While the Swiss 50 Franc hybrid note was the narrow winner, runners-up in very tight voting were the Maldive Islands 1000 Rufiyaa tortoise/whale shark, Argentina’s 500 Peso jaguar, and the Royal Bank of Scotland’s 5 Pound first polymer note.
Front: Depicting dandelion seeds
Reverse: Depicting a paraglider aloft in the mountains
Scotland's 5 Pound Note
(Bank of Scotland)
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