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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Large holographic 20
| Issuer | Bermuda Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars (20 BMD) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right within an intaglio vignette, with a central architectural building set against a guilloche underprint, and a bird at lower right. A large holographic device at lower left incorporates the numeral 20, serving as the primary security element of the design. |
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| Signature(s) | Chairman and Director |
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority's millennium-era redesign introduced a large holographic strip to this note — one of the more ambitious security upgrades De La Rue was deploying for smaller island territories at the turn of the century. Bermuda had maintained a close working relationship with De La Rue for decades, and the 2000 series reflected a deliberate push toward features then considered at the high end of commercial note security.
The "large holographic" designation in the Pick reference distinguishes it from an earlier 2000-dated issue carrying a smaller foil device — two otherwise near-identical notes that catch out careless collectors regularly.