The Bank of Guyana today received the LATAM ‘Best New Banknote Award’ at the High Security Print Conference in Nassau in the Bahamas for its $5000 note produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire.
“Although the same design as its predecessor, the previous DualTrack™ thread on the reverse, and holographic stripe on the front have been replaced with and a 5mm wide Pulsar thread from Oberthur Fiduciaire. The note also benefits from the addition of a SPARK® Live Truspin image in the shape of a jaguar (Guyana’s national animal). The colour shift in both the SPARK feature and the thread are a synchronised gold-to-green.”
“This is the first circulating note to feature the Pulsar colorshift thread, which was launched last year, and combines two colours with micro-optics to create dynamic movement, colour and optical effects,” it was explained.
The regional banknote of the year award recognises outstanding achievement in the design, technical sophistication and security of a banknote, and is an award made by Reconnaissance International.
The award judges comprise the Board of Directors of Reconnaissance International, the conference organiser and publisher of Currency News and ID & Secure Document News.
Governor General of the Bank of Guyana, Dr Gobin Ganga, has stated that the win is a recognition of all the effort that had gone into the design of the upgraded note.
“We’re very ecstatic to see the efforts that we have put into a note using the best technology we have available to ensure that we have a note that stands out and one that is very difficult to counterfeit [being recognised],” Dr Ganga stated.
According to the BoG Head, prior to this award, Guyana had received praise from many international printers on the new design of the $5000 bill which was issued in December 2022.
This is first time Guyana has won the regional award for its new series of bills. Last year, the $2000 note was submitted and shortlisted but did not reach the final round.
Guyana’s upgraded $5000 note was named the joint winner of the Best New Banknote award with Argentina’s 1,000 Pesos.
