10 Shillings - George V

Features

Issuer Bermuda (British Overseas Territories)
Issuing entity Government of Bermuda
King George V (1910-1936)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1927
Value 10 Shillings (½)
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 77 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
254172
References P# 4
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1920-1927 series

Obverse

Red print; yellow underprint.

Left-facing head of George V at right centre, St. George Harbour at centre, coat of arms of Bermuda at left centre. Flower at left and right.

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 LEGISTATURE
ST GEORGE'S
COUNTERSIGNED
RECEIVER GENERAL
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1927.
QUO FATA FERUNT
WATERLOW & SONS LTD, LONDON.
10/-

Translation: Whither the fates carry us.

Reverse

Red print.

British coat of arms at centre; flower at lower left and right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TEN SHILLINGS
10/-
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
DIEU ET MON DROIT
WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON.

Translation: Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it. God and my right.

Watermark

Arabesque pattern.

Signatures

C. H. L. Clay (CHLC) Countersigner
Allan F. Smith (AFS³) Receiver General

Printer

Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1927-Sep-30  CHLC, AFS³ 200 000

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