Brown print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Right-facing head of Queen Elizabeth II at centre above Hamilton Harbour view.
Reverse description
Brown and purple print. British coat of arms at centre.
Signature(s)
W. W. Davidson, C. W. Kempe, E. F. E. Lumsden,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BERMUDA GOVERMENT
BERMUDA NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT.
FIVE SHILLINGS
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE
HAMILTON, BERMUDA
20th OCTOBER, 1952.
COLONIAL TREASURER
ASSISTANT COLONIAL TREASURER
BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co. Ld. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, LONDON
5/-
Reverse lettering
FIVE SHILLINGS
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.)