Best in Design and Innovation in EMEA Recognised at 2024 Awards

The Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) EMEA conference. This year’s awards were presented at a special ceremony during the conference dinner in Sofia on 5 March.

The awards were made for two categories – Best New Banknote and Best New Commemorative Banknote, with Morocco, Lesotho and Poland all receiving recognition.

In a new category, held for the first time this year, there was also an award for the Best New House Note – with Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions and Komori sharing the honours.

Best New Banknote

Bank Al-Maghrib is rolling out a new series of banknotes in four denominations, the first since 2012. Designed and produced by its printworks Dar As Sikkah, the first two new notes in the series – the 100 and 200 dirhams – issued last November and this January respectively - received the Best New Banknote award.