International Bank Note Society (IBNS) Banknote of 2015 nominations closed on 31 January 2016. 18 banknotes nomination received by the IBNS from more then 2,000 IBNS members around the world. The winner will be announced on April 2016 after the IBNS Board meeting.
Last year, the 50 Dollar polymer Trinidad and Tobago note received the prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2014. With over 130 new banknotes released worldwide in 2014, nearly 3 dozen were of sufficiently new design to be eligible for nomination.
Nominations received during the year will be listed in the IBNS Journal and displayed on the IBNS website, reasons for the nomination may also be displayed. The Banknote must have been first appeared in circulation by 31st December 2015.
Some of the criteria for the award are the banknote must be circulating currency (i.e. no specimens or non-circulating currencies are eligible), the banknote must be in general circulation, the banknote must have artistic merit, imaginative designs, Good use of colour and design features that take advantage of modern security features.
During February of the year of the award, member of the IBNS will evaluate each nomination against the core criteria of the Banknote of the Year award, and select their preference for Banknote of the Year. Each member of the IBNS will have a single vote towards the Banknote of the Year award. In the event of a tie the IBNS President will have the casting vote.
The winner of the Banknote of the Year award will be announced at the first Board meeting of the year of the award. The winning entry will appear on the IBNS website and in the IBNS Journal.
IBNS 2015 Banknote of the Year candidates:
2015 Scotland 5 Pound Note
2015 Gambia 100 Dalasis Note
2015 Burundi 2,000 Franc Note
2015 Argentina 50 Peso Note
2015 Singapore 50 Dollar Note
2015 New Zealand 5 Dollar Note
2015 Sweden 20 Kronor Note
2015 Ukraine 100 Hrivna Note
2015 China 100 Yuan Note
2015 Nicaragua 50 Cordobas Note
2015 Kazakhstan 20,000 Tenge Note
2015 Russia 100 Ruble Note
2015 European 20 Euro Note
2015 Israel 200 New Shekel Note
2015 Cape Verde 5000 Escudos Note
2015 Syria 1,000 Pound Note
2015 Lebanon 50,000 Livres Note
2015 Guinea 20,000 Francs Note
You can get more detail information about the IBNS 2015 Banknote of the Year candidates at their website www.theibns.org
