Purple print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara facing front-left at right. Flowers and coat of arms of Bermuda at centre. Flowers at lower right.
Reverse description
Purple print; multicolour underprint. Harbour view at left, Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) flying right at centre. Seashell at lower centre. Watermark area at right.
Signature(s)
Dudley St. George Butterfield, Alan J. Humphreys, Frederick W. Yearwood, Merlyn Nelson Trued,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Tuna.
Obverse lettering
BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY
1st APRIL 1978
TEN DOLLARS
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE
CHAIRMAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
QUO FATA FERUNT
$10 (Translation: Whither the fates carry us.)