# The most beautiful banknotes in the world: the IBNS award winners

Every year the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) picks the world's best-designed new banknote. From the Mexican axolotl to Kazakhstan's notes, these are all the winners since 2004. Which is the most beautiful?

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- Jul 24, 2026 · microscopio.nocturno
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## Top 22

1. **Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 200 guilders (2025)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2025 winner.
2. **Bermuda: 5 dollars (2024)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2024 winner.
3. **Eastern Caribbean: 2 dollars (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023 winner.
4. **Philippines: 1,000 pesos (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2022 winner.
5. **Mexico: 50-peso axolotl note (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2021 winner.
6. **Mexico: 100 pesos (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020 winner.
7. **Aruba: 100 florins (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019 winner.
8. **Canada: 10 dollars (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2018 winner.
9. **Switzerland: 10 francs (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017 winner.
10. **Switzerland: 50 francs (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016 winner.
11. **New Zealand: 5 dollars (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2015 winner.
12. **Trinidad and Tobago: 50 dollars (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2014 winner.
13. **Kazakhstan: 1,000 tenge (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2013 winner.
14. **Kazakhstan: 5,000 tenge (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2012 winner.
15. **Kazakhstan: 10,000 tenge (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2011 winner.
16. **Uganda: 50,000 shillings (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2010 winner.
17. **Bermuda: 2 dollars (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009 winner.
18. **Samoa: 20 tala (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2008 winner.
19. **Bank of Scotland: 50 pounds (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007 winner.
20. **Comoros: 1,000 francs (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2006 winner.
21. **Faroe Islands: 1,000 krónur (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2005 winner.
22. **Canada: 20 dollars (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2004 winner.

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