Catalog
20 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BERMUDA GOVERNMENT 6th FEBRUARY 1970 TWENTY DOLLARS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE CHAIRMAN, BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY QUO FATA FERUNT $20 (Translation: Whither the fates carry us.) |
| Reverse description | Green print over a yellow underprint. A central vignette presents a sailing boat at Somerset Bridge, with the coat of arms of Bermuda placed at upper left. The watermark window occupies the right margin. |
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The Bermuda Government's 1970 note issues coincided with the territory's conversion to decimal currency on 6 February 1970, when the Bermuda dollar replaced the pound at a rate of one dollar to one shilling — making this a transitional series with real monetary significance. De La Rue had printed Bermuda's colonial issues for decades prior, and the continuity of printer through decimalization meant the design language shifted gradually rather than abruptly.
P#26 sits at the high end of the 1970 series, and high-denomination notes from small-population territories like Bermuda typically saw far lower print runs than comparable Caribbean issues. Watermark security was standard for De La Rue at this period; the firm would not introduce more sophisticated features into Bermuda's notes until the following series.