{"id":29087,"date":"2020-03-11T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=29087"},"modified":"2020-03-12T17:37:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T17:37:03","slug":"high-security-printing-emea-conference-announces-banknote-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=29087","title":{"rendered":"High Security Printing EMEA Conference announces banknote awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New banknotes have been recognised for their outstanding design and security technical excellence with international awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards formed part of the High Security Printing EMEA Conference, which was organised by Reconnaissance International and held recently in Lisbon, Portugal. These recognise the highest levels of achievement in three categories: Best New Series, Best New Banknote, and Best New Commemorative Banknote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Central Bank of Armenia\u2019s new Dram series won the accolade for the Best New Series, reflecting the country\u2019s commitment to improve the quality of its currency in the face of one of the toughest environments in the world for circulating notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The series in denominations of 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 Drams is produced on a composite substrate that combines the durability of polymer with the printability and inclusion of paper to produce highly durable and secure banknotes. The design of the notes also reflects the historical, cultural and religious themes of Armenia, which is the first country in the world to have an entire banknote series printed on Louisenthal\u2019s Hybrid ADDvance paper\/polymer composite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Best New Banknote award went to the Bank of England for its new eye-catching \u00a320 note featuring renowned English artist JMW Turner. Produced on De La Rue\u2019s Safeguard polymer substrate alongside CCL\u2019s Guardian substrate, the banknote incorporates several innovative features – it is the first Bank of England polymer banknote to have two windows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The note has also been designed to withstand the rigours of the modern cash cycle and incorporates a special tactile feature to aid the visually impaired. Several overt and covert design features include a metallised 3D image of the coronation crown on the font with a purple foil patch based on the staircase at the Tate Britain on the reverse side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Best New Commemorative Banknote accolade went to <\/strong>the National Bank of Poland for its 19 Zloty, which commemorates the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the Polish Security Printing Works being established. The banknote, which went into circulation in October 2019, stood out because the face value – 19 pln – is unusual while the combination of traditional design and modern security features also impressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also among the first banknotes with a registered KINEGRAM\u00ae High Definition Metallization (HDM)\u00a0foil stripe from KURZ applied over a die-cut window and the first with SICPA\u2019s new colour SPARK Live combination \u2013 violet to bronze (which reflects the principal colours of the note).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More at https:\/\/www.hsp-emea.com\/awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further details<\/strong> contact Andy Bruce (andy@mhwpr.co.uk<\/a>) or Ian Watson (ian@mhwpr.co.uk<\/a>) on +44 (0) 191 233 1300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New banknotes have been recognised for their outstanding design and security technical excellence with international awards. The awards formed part of the High Security Printing EMEA Conference, which was organised by Reconnaissance International and held recently in Lisbon, Portugal. These recognise the highest levels of achievement in three categories: BestRead More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,345,15,341,8],"tags":[129,145,65,61],"class_list":["entry","author-owenink","post-29087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-commemorative","category-composite","category-europe","category-industry","category-polymer","tag-armenia","tag-england","tag-poland","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29105,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29087\/revisions\/29105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}