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1 Pound - George V
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print over yellow underprint, with red serial numbers. At right centre, a left-facing portrait of King George V; at centre, a vignette of St. George's Harbour; at left centre, the coat of arms of Bermuda flanked by a sword at left and a sceptre at right. Issuing authority inscriptions and date 30th September 1927 appear in the surround, with the Waterlow & Sons imprint at lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bermuda's early note issues were managed directly by the colonial government rather than through a local bank — an arrangement that persisted for decades and kept the territory's currency firmly under Crown authority. This 1927 Pound is among the earliest printed for Bermuda by Waterlow & Sons, who handled much of Britain's colonial note work during the interwar period from their London operation.
Pick 5 is genuinely scarce. The small population meant low print runs, and Bermuda's humid subtropical climate has been unkind to surviving examples.