Currency of Bermuda 5 Dollars banknote 2009 Blue Marlin
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Obverse: Atlantic blue marlin jumping out of the ocean. On the top are 3 dolphins jumping out of the sea and one dolphin as see-through registration device. On the background is Lilium longiflorum, often called the Easter lily or November lily and the flower Strelitzia reginae. 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: View of Horseshoe Bay Beach and Somerset Bridge. Along left border are butterflies Danaus plexippus.
Colour: Pink.
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)