5 Pounds - George VI Orange

Issuer Bermuda (British Overseas Territories)
Year 1941-1947
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Pounds
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Paper
Size 106 × 52 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#13
Obverse description Orange print; yellow underprint; 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 Orange 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, W. W. Davidson,
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Arabesque pattern.
Variants Signatures 2007: Hamad Ibn Saud Al Sayari; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2009: Muhammad Al Jasser; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2012: Fahad Al Mubarak; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf.
Numisquare ID 6961142740
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