Currency of Bermuda 2 Dollars banknote 2009 Bluebird
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Obverse: The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) sitting on the Asimina. Stylised sailing yachts. On the top a butterfly, in the middle is a hologram window with Bermuda profile inside. Centered are the flowers Plumeria rubra. 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 (E. Barclay Simmons).
Reverse: Vignette of Dockyard Clock Tower and the Statue of Neptune.
Bottom left is the Clocktower Mall. It is a Dockyard landmark. Built in the XIX century as administration offices for the British Royal Navy, its beautifully restored cobblestone floors and handsome wrought - iron pillars are now home to an exciting array of boutiques and shops. However, back in 1850 The Clocktower or Great Eastern Storehouse, was used as a warehouse for the Royal Navy. The walls of this massive structure are almost 3 feet thick and truly spectacular to see.
Incidentally, don’t be confused by the Clocktower’s “one-handed clock”. While the South Tower is indeed a regular clock, the North Tower is a tide clock that was set each day to mark high tide-vital information for sailors based in Dockyard who needed to avoid the treacherous local reefs to ferry supplies and munitions to ships in the harbor.
Bermuda Maritime Museum is located at the Royal Naval Dockyard, in Sandys Parish.
The 3-meter high statue of King Neptune staying at the entrance. This has been rebuilt in limestone from a figure that was recovered from the shipwreck HMS Irresistible that sunk in 1891. The six buildings where the museum's exhibits are housed were built between 1837-1852.
Above is the view of the royal dockyard of XIX century. At the top is sunset and the profiles of butterflies Danaus plexippus. Along left border are butterflies Danaus plexippus.
Colour: Bluessembly
Colour: Red.
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)