Purple and red print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers, purple signatures. Front-facing bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Vladimir Tiara and the Queen Victoria Jubilee Necklace at centre right. Seashel; at centre; two fish at lower-right.
Reverse description
Purple print; multicolour underprint. St. David`s Lighthouse at centre-left; aerial view of St. George`s Harbour at right-centre; coat of arms of Bermuda at upper-left.
Signature(s)
Charles Z. Mann, Everard T. Richards, Mansfield H. Brock Jr., Robert T. Stewart,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Tuna.
Obverse lettering
BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY
10th JUNE 1997
FIVE
DOLLARS
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA
MONETARY AUTHORITY ACT 1969
CHAIRMAN
DIRECTOR
$5
Reverse lettering
BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY
FIVE DOLLARS
QUO FATA FERUNT
$5 (Translation: Whither the fates carry us.)