5 Pounds - George VI Brown

Issuer Bermuda (British Overseas Territories)
Year 1941
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Pounds
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Paper
Size
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#12
Obverse description Brown print; black serial numbers. Front-facing head of King George VI at right; ship in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda at lower left.
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 description Brown print; yellow underprint. British coat of arms at centre.
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.)
Signature(s) G. L. Young, John Trimingham,
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Arabesque pattern.
Variants
Numisquare ID 5314783420
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