Philippines national ID card

This year the Best New National ID Card award went to the Philippines for the Philippines national ID card PhilID and the underlying national ID system PhilSys. The scheme, signed into law in 2018 and rolled out in 2020, creates a central identification platform for...

Australia’s new R series passport

The winner of the Best New Passport was Australia’s new R series Passport, one of Note Printing Australia’s most ambitious and transformational projects in its 110-year history. Released in September 2022, the R series is the fifth passport series that Note Printing...

China’s 20 Yuan

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation’s award was for a series of commemorative  banknotes issued to celebrate the  24th Winter Olympic Games of 2022, hosted by China. The Peoples Bank of China issued two 20 yuan commemorative banknotes – one on paper and...

Samoa’s  60 tala

The award for the best new commemorative was a tie this year between the Central Bank of Samoa and China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM). The Central Bank of Samoa’s  60 tala commemorative banknote, issued this year to mark the 60th anniversary of the...

1,000 Piso

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipians won the award for the Best New Banknote for the 1,000 piso, issued in 2022 as a trial of polymer versus its paper counterpart. The BSP lifted the core design elements from the Enhanced New Generation series’ paper 1,000 piso, which is...