IACA Awards – the Finalists Are…

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) has announced the finalists of the 2024 Excellence in Currency Technical Awards.

They are:

Best New Banknote Feature, Product or Process:

• CCL Secure – Effect™ Cameo feature 
• De La Rue – ASSURE™ covert feature in the core of a polymer banknote substrate 
• Jura and OEBS – stainless steel intaglio plate making process
• Louisenthal – Green LongLife™ banknote substrate
• Meta Materials – Inspired by Nature – QUANTUM™ stripe

Best Limited Circulation/Commemorative Banknote:

• Bank of Guyana – $2,000
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank – ECCB $2
• National Bank of Kazakhstan – 10,000 tenge

Best New Cash Cycle Innovation Finalist: 

• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – The Coin Deposit Machine
• The ECB in cooperation with the euro area NCBs – Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) study
• Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology – Banknote Fibre Extraction

For the first time, there will also be an award for the Best House Note, with finalists including:

• Banco de Mexico – commemorative house note for the 5th anniversary of the printworks in Jalisco
• Bundesdruckerei – Ignis, the first note of the Nihilo Series
• Casa de Moneda de Chile – 279th anniversary house note
• Komori – the Phoenix anniversary note 
• Kurz – Kinegram® Around the World 
• Landqart – 150th anniversary house note 
• Louisenthal – Jump™ – Camera house note.