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10 Shillings - George VI Red, date at bottom
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Red intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers printed in two positions. A left-facing portrait of King George VI is centred in the upper portion of the note, while the lower centre carries a vignette of Gates Fort in Saint George, Bermuda, below which the date of issue appears. Surrounding inscriptions state the issuing authority, legal tender status, and denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | BERMUDA GOVERNMENT BERMUDA NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TEN SHILLINGS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE ASSISTANT COLONIAL TREASURER COLONIAL TREASURER HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 12th MAY, 1937. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND 10/- |
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Bermuda's pre-war government notes were printed under contract by Bradbury, Wilkinson — the same firm responsible for much of Britain's colonial small-format currency through the 1930s. This 1937 issue predates the wartime emergency overprints and currency controls that would complicate Bermuda's dollar-sterling relationship from 1940 onward.
The "date at bottom" designation distinguishes it from earlier placement variants within the series — a cataloger's distinction, but one that matters for the P#10 attribution specifically.