Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards
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 28 April 2024. Use the form at the bottom of this page!
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 Latin America 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 completing the form 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. A short video of the project would also be helpful.
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 Banknote

Argentina 1,000 Pesos
Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina
Best New Banknote

Guyana $5,000
Bank of Guyana
Best New Series

New Barbados Dollars Series
Central Bank of Barbados
Regional ID Document of the Year
Best New ePassport

New Brazilian Passport
Department of Federal Police, the Brazilian State Mint Casa da Moeda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Best New ePassport

Costa Rica New Passport
Republica de Costa Rica
Best New ID card

El Salvador New ID Card
National Registry of Natural Persons of the Government of El Salvador
Best New Other Security Document

Bahamas New Driving License
Road Traffic Department of the Government of the Bahamas
Previous Years’ Winners
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Regional Banknote
2019 Best New Series

The First Family of Bills of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Banco Central de Bolivia
Regional ID Document
2019 Best New ePassport

The New ePassport of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Direction General de Migration Bolivia
2019 Best ePassport Upgrade

The New Colombian e-Passport
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Colombia
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
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 28 April 2024.