Catalog
5 Shillings - George VI Date at bottom
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse lettering | BERMUDA GOVERNMENT BERMUDA NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE SHILLINGS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE ASSISTANT COLONIAL TREASURER COLONIAL TREASURER HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 12th MAY, 1937. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND 5/- |
| Reverse description | Brown and purple intaglio print. The British Royal coat of arms is centrally placed within an oval guilloche frame, flanked on either side by the denomination numeral '5/-' in large ornate figures within decorative cartouches. The printer's imprint appears at the bottom margin. |
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The Bermuda Government's pre-war shilling series was a direct product of Britain's colonial currency management: denominations, design commissions, and printer selection all ran through London rather than Hamilton. Bradbury, Wilkinson had a long relationship with British colonial administrations and handled much of this work through the late 1930s. The 1937 date places this note squarely in the last peacetime issue before wartime conditions forced significant changes to Bermuda's currency arrangements — including the introduction of the 1940 series under considerably different circumstances.
The "date at bottom" designation distinguishes this from earlier layout variants within the series, a detail that matters for precise Pick attribution.