Best Banknote and ID Document
High Security Printing Latin America plays host to two prestigious industry awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement in banknote and ID security.
Award Categories

Regional Banknote
This award recognises outstanding achievement in the design, technical sophistication and security of a banknote or banknote series.

Regional ID Document
This award promotes the best in security printing, system infrastructure and implementation of a government passport, identity or other security card scheme.
2019 Winners
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Regional Banknote of the Year
Best New Series

The First Family of Bills of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Banco Central de Bolivia
Best New Banknote

The Mexican 500 Peso
Banco de Mexico
Best New Commemorative Banknote

Uruguay 50 Pesos
Banco Central de Uruguay
Regional ID Document of the Year
Best New ePassport

The New ePassport of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Direction General de Migration Bolivia
Best ePassport Upgrade

The New Colombian e-Passport
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Colombia
Previous Years’ Winners
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Regional Banknote
Regional ID Document
2015 Best New ID card

National Electronic ID Card (DNIe) of Peru
Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil, Peru
Special Achievement Award
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 sam@reconnaissance-intl.com. . The deadline for nominations is 14 January 2022.