New Barbados Dollars Series

The Central Bank of Barbados was awarded the Best New Series prize for its new family of polymer banknotes introduced in 2022. The notes, in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Barbados dollars, were designed and printed by De La Rue on its SAFEGUARD polymer...

Guyana $5,000

Joint winner of the Best New Banknote was the Bank of Guyana for its upgraded $5,000 , issued in December 2022. Although the same design as its predecessor, the previous DualTrack™ thread on the reverse, and holographic stripe on the front have been replaced with and...

Argentina 1,000 Pesos

The Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina is currently replacing the images of flora and fauna on its existing notes, introduced in 2016, with national heroes. The new 1,000 pesos, which has been unveiled and will go into circulation later this year, features one...

Mexico Civil ID card

The winner of the Best Civil ID card was the INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral), the autonomous public organisation responsible for organising federal elections in Mexico. One of the key responsibilities of the INE is to issue photo-voting cards to all citizens that...

National ID Card

The winner of the Best New National ID Card was THALES for its work on the National Record System Transformation in Honduras. This programme was established to enhance citizens identity security with improved ID cards to prevent identity theft and also to establish a...