Brown print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Left-facing head of King George VI at upper center; Hamilton Harbour at bottom centre; date at left.
Reverse description
Brown and purple print. British coat of arms at centre.
Signature(s)
W. W. Davidson, G. L. Young,
Protection type
Protection description
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,
17th FEBRUARY, 1947.
BRADBURY, WILLKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND
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.)
