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5 Shillings - George VI Date at left
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
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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, 17th FEBRUARY, 1947. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND 5/- |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown and purple on a pink and olive guilloche underprint. The British Royal Coat of Arms is centrally placed within an oval guilloche frame, flanked at left and right by large denomination numerals '5/-' set within ornate cartouches. The denomination legend appears in a panel at the bottom of the central vignette, with the printer's imprint below. |
| Reverse lettering | FIVE SHILLINGS 5/- Honi soit qui mal y pense Dieu et mon droit BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND (Translation: Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it. God and my right.) |
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