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22 August, 2024

...Bermuda - $20 Dated 01.01.2009 Third Prints Hybrid (Third Print)

Bermuda
(British Overseas Territory)

Bermuda Monetary Authority (Est.1969)
Currency - Dollar (BMD)
 
This is a third print of the $20 Hybrid note, since it was first introduced in 2009. The theme for this series are local animals on the front and well known places or buildings on the back. As this is a reprint, it also has a new Chairman's signature on the note. There are no changes to the design except for the signature. This note is also printed with the date of 01.01.2009.

Twenty Dollars (Hybrid)

Front - A Lesser Antillean whistling frog resting on a tree branch. To the locals, they are simply known as whistling frogs or tree frogs. Printed on the top are two sailboats, and at the bottom left is the bust of the late Queen Elizabeth the Second.
 
Signatures: -
Chairman - Gerald Simons (tenure 2012-2018)
Director - Anthony Joaquin
Dimensions - 68mm x 140mm
Watermarks - Hibiscus flower and a sailboat
 
Back - On the left is the St Marks Church. The church is located on South Road in Smiths Parish. Construction for the church started in 1847 and was named after St. Marks who wrote the second gospel. To the right is the Gibbs Hill lighthouse. This white in colour lighthouse was built in 1844, and until June 1964, this lighthouse was run by hand. The lighthouse is 108 meters tall and is the tallest lighthouse in Bermuda.

 

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