10 Shillings - George VI Green

Features

Issuer	Bermuda (British Overseas Territories)
Issuing entity	Government of Bermuda
King	George VI (1936-1952)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1937
Value	10 Shillings (½)
Currency	Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition	Paper
Size	140 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 254392
References	P# 9 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 109 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: 1937-1941 series

Obverse

Green print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers.

Left-facing head of King George VI at upper center; Gates Fort in Saint George, Bermuda at bottom centre, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BERMUDA GOVERNMENT
BERMUDA NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR
THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
TEN SHILLINGS
ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BERMUDA LEGISLATURE
ASSISTANT COLONIAL TREASURER
COLONIAL TREASURER
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 12th MAY, 1937.
BRADBURY, WILLKINSON & Co. Ltd. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND
10/-

Reverse

Green print; yellow underprint.

British coat of arms at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TEN SHILLINGS
10/-
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.

Watermark

Arabesque pattern.

Signatures

G. L. Young (GLY)	Assistent Colonial Treasurer
John Trimingham (JT)	Colonial Treasurer

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date	Signatures		No. printed		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1937-May-12	GLY, JT		100 000

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