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2 Shillings 6 Pence - George VI
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | BERMUDA GOVERNMENT THIS NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR PAYMENT NOT EXCEEDING FORTY SHILLINGS ISSUED BY THE CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE TWO SHILLINGS SIX PENCE HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 1st MARCH, 1939. 2/6 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is blank paper, carrying a faint arabesque watermark pattern visible when held to light. A perforated cancellation reading "CANCELLED" is applied across the face of this trial note. |
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Bermuda's wartime half-crown note was introduced in 1939 as part of a broader effort to conserve coinage needed for the war economy. The denomination itself — two shillings sixpence — was an unusual choice for paper currency, reflecting the island's acute small-change shortage rather than any conventional monetary policy. Bradbury Wilkinson had been Bermuda's preferred printer for decades, and the quality of the intaglio work on this series was consistently high.
Pick 7 is the first George VI issue for this denomination, making it short-lived — later wartime revisions followed quickly as colonial currency arrangements shifted.