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| Latest Banknote of 2024 Nominations |
The latest nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: China: 20-Yuan Note, Thailand: 100-Baht Note, Japan: 5,000-Yen Note, Mozambique: 50-Meticais Note, Argentina: 10,000-Peso Note, Eastern Caribbean States: 50-Dollar Note, Morocco: 200-Dirhams Note |
The IBNS Books of the Year
These pages describe the IBNS Books of the Year, from the latest winners to the earliest award winner, way back in 1979. For the later award-winning books, the Press Release prepared for the announcement of the award is available through the hyperlinks (on the title of the relevant books). All award-winning books have been well-deserving winners of the IBNS award and all collectors of paper money can be assured that the addition of these books to their library will be well worth the investment.
The criteria for selecting the Book of the Year can be viewed here.
In the following list, the date refers to the year the award was made.
| Award Year | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Paper Money of Independent & Republic India |
Rajender Maru, Archie Maru |
| 2021 |
The Portuguese African Paper Money of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
Laurence Pope, Parcidio Campos e Matos, Andrew Pattison |
| 2020 |
The Ran Flam Collection of Israeli Banknotes (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) Overprinted British Postal Orders: A Directory (Volumes 1 & 2) |
Yigal Arkin, Ran Flam John M Gledhill, PhD |
| 2019 |
Catalogue of Travellers Cheques of the World (1st Ed.) Catalogue of Circular Notes and Circular Letters of Credit (2nd Ed) |
Ilkka Maktitie Ilkka Maktitie |
| 2018 | Paper Money of Scotland (Volumes 1 & 2) | Jonathan Callaway, David Murphy |
| 2017 | New Zealand Trading Banks and Early Paper Money Currency | Andrew Clifford |
| 2016 | The Encyclopedia of Dry Rubber Export Coupons: Malaya, Ceylon and Netherlands East Indies, 1922-1942 (Second Edition) | Saran Singh, Kelab Warison |
| 2015 | Isle of Man Paper Money | Pam West, Alan Kelly |
| 2014 | MWR Mehilba World Replacement | Dr Ali Mehilba |
| 2013 | Printed in Palestine: The Second World War Emergency Notes of Syria, Lebanon and Djibouti Printed by the Government Printer Palestine | Raphael Dabbah |
| 2012 | Banknotes of British Malaya: The Frank Goon Collection | Frank Goon |
| 2011 | The Standard Catalogue of the Provincial Banknotes of England & Wales | Roger Outing |
| 2010 | Paper Money of Ireland | Bob Blake, Jonathan Callaway |
| 2009 | Billetes del Paraguay | Miguel Angel Pratt Mayans, Carlos Alberto Pusineri Scala |
| 2008 | The History of Banknotes in Kuwait | Basem Mohamed Al-Ibrahim |
| 2007 | Norwegian Banknotes | Karl Saethre, Hans-Gunnar Eldorsen |
| 2006 | The Encyclopedia of Syrian Paper Money | Adnan Djaroueh |
| 2005 | The Egyptian Banknote | Eng Magdy Hanafy, Dr Ali Mehilba |
| 2004 | British Military Authority Occupation Currency 1942 - 1956, Europe and North Africa | TFA van Elmpt |
| 2003 | English Paper Money: Treasury and Bank of England Notes, 1694-2002 | Vincent Duggleby |
| 2002 | The Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money | Kishore Jhunjhunwalla |
| 2001 | A History of Bermuda and its Paper Money (Second Edition 2000) | Nelson Page Aspen |
| 2000 | Taiwan Coins and Banknotes, 1624-1998 | Hsu Yih-tzong |
| 1999 | Surinam Paper Currency, Volume 1 - 1760 to 1957 | TFA van Elmpt |
| 1998 | The Bank Notes of Yemen | Peter Symes, Murray Hanewich, Keith Street |
| 1997 | Paper Money of Serbia and Yugoslavia (1876-1996) | Zeljko Stojanovic-Zack |
| 1996 | World War II Remembered: History in Your Hands, A Numismatic Study | C Frederick Schwan, Joseph E Boling |
| 1995 | Banknotes and Banking in the Isle of Man (Second Edition) | Ernest Quarmby |
| 1994 | College Currency: Money for Business Training | Herb Schingoethe, Martha Schingoethe |
| 1993 | Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Money of the 20th Century | Lance Campbell |
| 1992 | Banknoten des Deutschen Reiches ab 1871 | Holger Rosenberg |
| 1991 | Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues (Sixth Edition, Volume 2 | Albert Pick, Colin R Bruce, Neil Shafer (Editors) |
| 1990 | An Illustrated History of United States Loans, 1775-1898 | Gene Hessler |
| 1989 | Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866 | Dr James Haxby |
| 1988 | Money in South Africa | C L Engelbrecht |
| 1987 | No award made | No award made |
| 1986 | Die Geldmacher vom Gulden zum Schilling | William Kranister |
| 1985 | No award made | No award made |
| 1984 | The Official Paper Money of the Kingdom of Denmark | Peter Flensborg |
| 1983 | Paper Money of Greece and Cyprus | A Tarassouleas |
| 1982 | No award made | No award made |
| 1981 | Czarist Russian Paper Money, 1769-1979 | Haanu Paatela |
| 1980 | Australian Banknotes | M Vort-Ronald |
| 1979 | Paper Money of the World | Richard G Doty |