IBNS 선정 올해(2015)의 지폐 후보 18종

매년 'IBNS(International Banknote Society)'에서는 올해의 지폐를 선정하고 있다.

1월 31일까지 후보를 추천받아 선정을 완료하게 되는데 대략 18종으로 확정된 듯 하다.

발표는 2016년 4월에 이루어질 예정이라고 한다.

그럼 최종 후보에 오른 18종의 지폐들은 어떤 모습인지 살펴보도록 하자.

(지폐 앞면, 뒷면의 설명은 영어로 대체함)

1. 스코틀랜드 5파운드 (폴리머)

전면	Forth Bridge; map of Scotland as green SPARK Orbital patch; William Arrol, civil engineer
후면	Railroad train; Forth Bridge from various angles; outline map of Scotland
크기	125 X 65 mm

2. 감비아 100달라시

전면	Foil patch with embossed 100; Senegal parrot bird in flight and perched on tree branch; birds, trees, and boats in underprint; President Yahya Jammeh
후면	Tree; Arch 22 monument in Banjul (memorial of 1994 coup d’état) Pearlescent stripe on back with 100
크기	135 X 74 mm

3. 부룬디 2,000프랑

전면	Fish as registration device; leaping Roan antelope; coat of arms; pineapple plants; flag; green-to-gold OVI pineapple with embossed BRB
후면	Map outline of Burundi; farmers in field; fish; bank logo Pearlescent stripe on front with vertical 2000 Pearlescent overprint on back with flag and 2000 / BRB
크기	132 X 66 mm

4. 아르헨티나 50페소

전면	Lighthouse as registration device; sun gold-to-green SPARK patch with denomination; plants; bird; maps of Malvinas Islands and South America
후면	Antonio “El Gaucho” Rivero holding Argentine flag atop rearing horse; graveyard with crosses and flowers; modern warship, ARA General Belgrano; coat of arms; lighthouse
크기	155 X 65 mm

5. 싱가포르 50달러 (폴리머)

전면	Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister, shouting “Merdeka!” – the rallying cry of independence struggle; four children; coat of arms; Yusof bin Ishak
후면	Orchid flower pattern underprint; modern buildings, automobile bridge, and four kayaks in Punggol New Town; soldiers marching past reviewing stand and flag during First National Day Parade 1966
크기	156 X 74 mm

6. 뉴질랜드 5달러 (폴리머)

전면	Penguin SPARK patch; Mount Cook/Aoraki; Sir Edmund Hillary
후면	Daisy (Pleurophyllum speciosum) flower; yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes) bird; ferns
크기	138 X 66 mm

7. 스웨덴 20크로나

전면	Denomination as registration device; children’s writer Astrid Lindgren; three crowns; open books and walking child, “Pippi Långstrump” (Pippi Longstocking); open book gold-to-green SPARK patch
후면	Trees, road, and boulders in Småland, where Astrid Lindgren grew up; flowers; map of Sweden
크기	120 X 67 mm

8. 우크라이나 100흐리브냐

전면	Artist Taras Shevchenko; coat of arms; painter’s palette and brushes as gold-to-green SPARK patch
후면	Taras Shevchenko National University building in Kyiv Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 100
크기	142 X 75 mm

9. 중국 100위안

전면	Coat of arms; Dongfanghong I satellite; Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft rendezvous and docking with Tiangong-1 space station; Chang’e 1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft; denomination as registration device
후면	Advancement of flight (bird, Fung Joe Guey biplane, jumbo jet, Shenzhou 9 and Tiangong-1, Chang’e 1)
크기	155 X 74 mm

10. 니카라과 50코르도바 (폴리머)

전면	Two xylophones; palm trees, flag, and entrance to Mercado de Artesanías (craft market) building in Masaya
후면	Coat of arms; ballet folclórico (folkloric ballet) dancers; two xylophones
크기	141 X 67 mm

11. 카자흐스탄 20,000텡게

전면	National emblem; SPARK pegasus patch; monumental arch; flying doves and Kazakh Eli monument in Astana; flag
후면	Outline of Kazakhstan; Akorda Palace (the presidential residence in Astana); doves; outline of Kazakhstan
크기	155 X 79 mm

12. 러시아 100루블

전면	Painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky’s “The Russian Squadron on the Sebastopol Roads;” sculptor Amandus Adamson’s “Monument to the Scuttled Ships” in Sevastopol Bay; layout of Sevastopol city; architect I Fialko and sculptor V Yakovlev’s “Memorial to the Heroic Defense of Sevastopol in 1941-1942” on Nakhimov square; St Vladimir’s Cathedral
후면	Grape vine; “Sail” cliff and Au-Dag mountain; Swallow’s Nest castle on Aurora Cliff overlooking Cape of Ai-Todor in Yalta, Crimea; Khan’s mosque in Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai; radio telescope RT-70 near the town of Yevpatoria; Quick Recognition Code
크기	150 X 65 mm

13. 유럽연합 20유로

전면	Flag; Gothic architecture
후면	Bridge; map Holographic stripe
크기	133 X 72 mm

14. 이스라엘 200셰켈

전면	Menorah as registration device; open book in gold-to-green SPARK; fall leaves; Natan Alterman; microprinted poem “Eternal Meeting ”
후면	Moonlit tree branches; menorah
크기	150 X 71 mm

15. 카보베르데 5,000에스쿠도

전면	Map of Africa as registration device; islands superimposed on house exterior; stylized waves; first president, Aristides Maria Pereira; embossed map of Africa
후면	Stylized wave; map of Boa Vista; landscape of Boa Vista (home of Aristides Maria Pereira), including fireplace of pottery factory Holographic stripe with Aristides Maria Pereira, BCV, and map of Boa Vista
크기	148 X 74 mm

16. 시리아 1,000파운드

전면	Ancient Roman amphitheater in Bosra
후면	Tile mosaic of grape harvest from ancient Romain ruins in As-Suwayda; olive branches
크기	155 X 65 mm

17. 레바논 50,000리브레 (폴리머)

전면	Two soldiers in silhouette; coat of arms; soldier carrying Lebanese flag
후면	Monument to martyrs in Yarze (headquarters of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense); soldier saluting in silhouette; stalk of wheat
크기	140 X 77 mm

18. 기니 20,000프랑

전면	Guinean woman wearing head scarf; two pigeons taking flight; coat of arms ; bank logo as registration device
후면	Map of Guinea; hydroelectric dam in Kaleta; electricity transmission towers
크기	148 X 70 mm

IBNS에서 선정하는 지폐들은 디자인도 중요하지만, 보안이나 색감, 명안, 유통 등 모든 면을 평가해서 선정하는 편이다.

과연 어떤 지폐가 올해의 지폐에 선정될까?