Red print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Kokoshnik Tiara facing front-left at right. Shell and coat of arms of Bermuda at centre. Flowers at lower right.
Reverse description
Red print; multicolour underprint. St. David`s Lighthouse in Bermuda at left, St. George harbor and watermark area at right.
Signature(s)
Dudley St. George Butterfield, Alan J. Humphreys, Frederick W. Yearwood, Merlyn Nelson Trued, J. David Gibbons, Lucelle Cook, Charles Z. Mann, Richard D. Butterfield,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Tuna.
Obverse lettering
BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY
2nd JANUARY 1981
FIVE DOLLARS
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE
CHAIRMAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
QUO FATA FERUNT
$5 (Translation: Whither the fates carry us.)