Muscat: The sixth issue of banknotes by the Central Bank of Oman won the Best New Banknote Series at the prestigious High Security Printing EMEA 2022 event held at Tallinn, Estonia.
There are three categories for the banknote awards – Best New Series, Best New Banknote and Best New Commemorative Banknote – with Oman, Malawi and Poland all receiving recognition this year.
“Best new series went to the Central Bank of Oman for the notes launched in 2020 and 2021 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Modern Omani Renaissance”, said an announcement at the event.
The central bank is recognised as always having been at the forefront of adopting new banknote security and the new series was no exception, it noted.
High Security Printing EMEA, one of three trade events sponsored by Reconnaissance International, focuses on government-specified and issued documents, particularly currency and identification documents.
EMEA stands for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It was held in Tallinn, Estonia last month. Similar annual events are held by Reconnaissance for Asia and Latin America. The EMEA 2023 event will be held in Abu Dhabifrom the March 7 to 9 2023.
“This entire issue of the Central Bank of Oman is one of the best ever. It is cohesively designed with coordinating colors and attractive and safe overt effects”, it said.
The Reserve Bank of Malawi picked up the award for Best New Banknote for the 5,000 kwacha. This is a new high denomination, introduced in February 2022 to meet the changing economic landscape and also the need for increased security for higher denominations.
The winner of the Best Commemorative Banknote was Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland), for the 20 zloty collectors banknote entitled ‘Is It Worth Being a Pole?’ issued in November 2021 to commemorate Prof Lech Kaczyński, former President of the Republic of Poland.
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