The Excellence in Currency Awards were introduced by IACA in 2007 to promote and recognise excellence in currency issue, production, processing, management and distribution, and are sponsored by Currency News. They are open to any issuer of currency or organisation or individual supplying products, services or systems for currency production or management. Self-nomination is allowable. Nominations are now being invited for the 5th Excellence in Currency Awards.

 

The categories include: 

• Best New Banknote or Banknote Series
• Best New Coin or Coin Series
• Best New Currency Feature
• Best New Currency Product
• Best New Currency Innovation, Process or Product
• Best Public Education Program - Bank of Canada
• Best Currency Website

There is, in addition, an Outstanding Achivement Award and a Lifetime Achivement Award. 

For each category, the awards apply to the 18 month period from July 2011 to December 2012, for example, the best new banknote or banknote series is only open to notes issued into circulation during this period.

The best coin or coin series award will be presented at the Coin Conference (October 28-30, 2013 Berlin), the other awards will be presented at the Currency Conference (May 12-15, 2013 Athens).

Further information can be obtained from the IACA website.

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• View winners and runners-up of the 2011 currency awards (Singapore)