Currency of Bermuda 10 Dollars banknote 2009 Blue Angelfish
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Obverse: Centered are two Bermuda blue angelfish. Below the fish is ball anemone Condylactis gigantea or Actinia bermudensis. Lower are Gorgonian corals. Above are the figures of scuba divers. Top of them is a hologram window with Bermuda's profile inside. In lower left corner is a seahorse Hippocampus reidi - Slender seahorse or longsnout seahorse. At the top are dawn at Bermuda and sea turtle - Tortuga Blanco as see-through registration device. The portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wearing a diamond tiara appears on the front left corner of each note. The portrait used for this note series is the traditional image of the Her Majesty that is featured on the stamps of the UK. Before serial number - the Bermuda onion.
Signatures: facsimile signatures of the Chairman (R. Alan F. Richardson) and a Director of the Authority (Lynda Milligan-Whyte).
Reverse: View of the ship "Deliverance" and the Commissioner’s House. Above the ship is an old cannon from ship "Sea Venture", and later carried by "Deliverance". It is located also at Ordnance Island, near copz of the ship. Two sea anchors are centered. Along left border are butterflies Danaus plexippus.
Colour: Purple.
Dimensions: 140 × 68 mm.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London, England.
See-Through: New Bermuda Notes have a unique feature called OPTIKS in the form of an oval on the front and strip on the back which look metallic in reflected (day) light but which form a transparent oval with a map of Bermuda repeated inside when held up to the light.
Additional security features are as follows:
■ Watermark and Electrotype (When the note is held up to the light a hibiscus flower and a bright sail boat are visible)
■ See-through feature (completed images of creatures individual to each denomination will appear when the note is held up to the light)
■ Serial numbers increasing in size
■ Iridescent band on the $20; $50 and $100 denominations
■ Latent image (tilt the image and an image of the denomination numeral will appear)