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1 Pound - George VI Date at centre
| Issuer | Bermuda Government |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, England |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print over yellow and pink guilloche underprint, with black typeset serial numbers. A left-facing portrait of King George VI occupies the right portion of the note, while a vignette of Somerset Bridge in Bermuda anchors the left; the issue date is printed at centre between these two elements. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bermuda's wartime currency arrangements were shaped less by local economics than by British imperial control of dollar-area sterling. These notes circulated alongside US currency on the island — Bermuda had long operated a dual-currency system — and the fixed parity of one Bermuda pound to one pound sterling was maintained rigidly throughout the war years, regardless of the distortions this created for an economy deeply tied to American military spending at the bases established under the 1941 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
Bradbury, Wilkinson printed the series in New Malden throughout the issue period, and the central date format — rather than a prefix-coded system — makes precise dating of individual notes within the 1943–1947 window straightforward.