Banknote of 2018

Nominations closed 31 January 2019

The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has selected the Bank of Canada to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2018.  With over 150 new banknotes released worldwide during 2018, only 10% were of sufficiently new design to be nominated.  Almost from the start, Canada’s new vertically oriented $10 bill dominated the voting, followed by Switzerland (200 Franc human hands), Norway (500 Kroner sailing ship), Russia (100 Ruble soccer) and the Solomon Islands (40 Dollar man blowing conch shell) banknotes.  This is the fifth consecutive polymer containing note to win the coveted IBNS Bank Note of the Year Award.

CAN 10 Front
Front: Depicting Social Justice Icon Viola Desmond
CAN 10 Back
Back: Depicting Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada's 10 Dollar Note
CAN-10-Front.png

Mexico's 500 Peso Note
MEX-500-Front

Russia's 100 Rouble Note
RUS-100-Front

Bolivia's 20 Bolivianos Note
BOL-20-Front

Norway's 500 Kroner Note
NOR-500-Front

Mauritania's 50 ouguiya Note
MRT-50-Front

Venezuela's 100 Bolivares Note
VEN-100-Front

Solomon Islands' 40 Dollar Note
SLB-40-Front

Australia's 50 Dollar Note
AUS-50-Front

Bahamas' 20 Dollar Note
BHS-20-Front

Switzerland's 200 Franc Note
CHF-200-Front

China's 50 Yuan Note
CHN-50-Front

Armenia's 50,000 Dram Note
ARM-50000-Front

Argentina's 50 Peso Note
ARG-50-Front

Sao Tome 200 Dobra Note
STP-200-Front

Hong Kong's 1,000 Hong Kong Dollar (HSBC) Note
HKG-1000-HSBC-Front

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