Best Banknote and ID Document

One of the highlights of the High Security Printing™ conferences each year are the regional awards for the best banknotes and ID documents.

 With three categories for each of the Banknote of the Year and ID Document of the Year awards. The winners will be announced during the conference dinner.

The deadline for nominations is 05 October 2024. Use the form at the bottom of this page to submit your entry.

Award Categories

Regional Banknote

The regional Banknote of the Year Award recognises outstanding achievement in the design, technical sophistication and security of a banknote or banknote series, the key judging criteria being that successful banknotes should combine visual artistry and high levels of technical and security sophistication, with considerable emphasis placed on reflecting the cultural heritage of the issuing country in the note, and the relevance of the overall design and symbolism to the issuing country.

 

There are three categories:
  • Best New Banknote
  • Best New Banknote Series
  • Best New Commemorative Banknote

Regional ID Document

The Regional ID Document of The Year awards – which recognise outstanding achievement and technical sophistication of a personal identification or travel document programme – are designed to promote the best in system infrastructure and implementation of a government passport, identity or other secure identification scheme.

 

There are three categories:
  • Best New Passport
  • Best New National ID Card
  • Best New ID or Travel Document

The award judges comprise the Board of Directors of Reconnaissance International, the conference organiser and publisher of Currency News and ID & Secure Document News.

Any new note (or series) or ID document (card, passport, licence) issued since the last HSP Asia event will be considered. There is a cap for each regional award scheme of two nominations per organisation per category.

If you would like to make a nomination, please do so online by clicking the button below and submitting the name of the banknote(s)  or document(s)  you would like to nominate, details and images, and why you think it should be a winner. You will also need to provide a short video.

The deadline for nominations is  05 October 2024. The award ceremonies will be held in early December.

Please use the form at the bottom of this page to submit your nomination!

2023 Winners

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Regional Banknote of the Year

Best New Series

Kyrgyz Republic 5th Banknote Series

National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

Best New Banknote

1,000 Piso

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipians

Best New Commemorative Banknote

Samoa’s  60 tala

Central Bank of Samoa

Best New Commemorative Banknote

China’s 20 Yuan

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation

Regional ID Document of the Year

Best New ePassport

Australia’s new R series passport

Australian Passports Office (APO)

Best New ID card

Philippines national ID card

Philippines

Previous Years’ Winners

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Regional Banknote 

2021 Best New Banknote

Australian $100

Reserve Bank of Australia

2021 Best New Commemorative Banknote

Fijian $50

Reserve Bank of Fiji

2019 Best New Series

New Kina Series

Bank of Papua New Guinea

2019 Best New Banknote

15,000 Riel

National Bank of Cambodia

2019 Best New Commemorative Banknote

20 Patacas

Monetary Authority of Macau

2018 Best New Series

Hong Kong Series

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

2018 Best New Banknote

1,000 Baht

Bank of Thailand

2018 Best New Commemorative Banknote

2,000 Won

Bank of Korea

2016 Best New Banknote

Australian $5

Reserve Bank of Australia

2016 Best New Commemorative Banknote

100 Yuan

The People’s Bank of China

2016 Best New Commemorative Banknote

100 Dong

State Bank of Vietnam

2015 Best New Series

Brighter Money Series

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)

2015 Best New Banknote

1,000 Baht

Bank of Thailand

2014 Best New Series

New Kuwaiti Dinar Series

Central Bank of Kuwait

2012 Best New Series

Fijian Banknote Series

Reserve Bank of Fiji

Regional ID Document

2021 Best New ePassport

Bangladesh ePassport

Bangladesh Department of Immigration and Passports

2019 Best New ePassport

Hong Kong SAR ePassport

Hong Kong Immigration Department

2019 Best New ID card

Hong Kong Smart ID Card

Hong Kong Immigration Department

2018 Best New ePassport

Malaysian ePassport

Immigration Department of Malaysia

2018 Best New ID card

Philippines Seafarer eID card

Philippines Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)

2016 Best New ePassport

Philippines ePassport

Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs

2015 Best New ID card

Nigeria National Identity Card

National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria

2015 Best New ID card

Macao SAR Resident Identity Card

Macao SAR Identification Services Bureau

2014 Best New ePassport

Oman e-passport

Royal Oman Police

2012 Best New ID card

South African National Identity Card

South Africa Home Affairs

Lifetime Achievement Award

2018 Lifetime Achievement

Lydia Chan

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

2012 Lifetime Achievement

Dr Nopporn Pramoney

Bank of Thailand

Make a Nomination

The award judges comprise the Board of Directors of Reconnaissance International, the conference organiser and publisher of Currency News and ID & Secure Document News.

Nominations are also sought from the high security printing community and this community will be invited to take part in the process of shortlisting winners as well.

If you have a project that you would like to nominate for this year’s event, please submit the details using the form below or email Sam Burns [email protected]. . The deadline for nominations is 05 October 2024.