Brown print; black serial numbers. Front-facing head of King George VI at right; ship in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda at lower left.
Reverse description
Brown print; yellow underprint. British coat of arms at centre.
Signature(s)
G. L. Young, John Trimingham,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Arabesque pattern.
Obverse lettering
BERMUDA GOVERNMENT
BERMUDA NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT.
FIVE POUNDS
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF BERMUDA LEGISLATURE
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 1st AUGUST, 1941.
ASSISTANT COLONIAL TREASURER
COLONIAL TREASURER
₤5
BRADBURY, WILLKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY,
ENGLAND
Reverse lettering
FIVE POUNDS
₤5
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Dieu et mon droit
BRADBURY, WILLKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY,
ENGLAND (Translation: Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it. God and my right.)
