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1 Pound - George VI Date at centre
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, England |
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| Reverse description | Blue intaglio print over an orange guilloche underprint, with an elaborate engine-turned border framing the entire face. The Royal British coat of arms, rendered in fine intaglio detail with lion and unicorn supporters, quartered shield, and crown, occupies a central circular vignette, flanked on either side by large ornate £1 numerals set within intricate lathe-work panels; the denomination ONE POUND appears in a curved banner beneath the arms. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bermuda's wartime currency arrangements were shaped less by local economics than by British imperial control of dollar-area sterling. These notes circulated alongside US currency on the island — Bermuda had long operated a dual-currency system — and the fixed parity of one Bermuda pound to one pound sterling was maintained rigidly throughout the war years, regardless of the distortions this created for an economy deeply tied to American military spending at the bases established under the 1941 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
Bradbury, Wilkinson printed the series in New Malden throughout the issue period, and the central date format — rather than a prefix-coded system — makes precise dating of individual notes within the 1943–1947 window straightforward.