Edmund Hillary's note was voted 2015's best banknote
New Zealand's $5 currency note, featuring mountaineer Edmund Hillary, was named the banknote of 2015 by International Bank Note Society. Hillary, who was born on July 20, 1919, was the first person, along with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mt Everest. He was one of Time's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.