Catalog
1 Pound Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1926-1935 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on salmon-orange guilloche underprint with multicolour lace-pattern vignette at centre-bottom. The Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, supported by a lion and a unicorn with motto ribbon reading DIEU ET MON DROIT, is engraved at centre, flanked by the promise-to-pay text and the bank's charter inscriptions. Numeral ONE appears in ornate panels at left and right margins, with the denomination panel ONE POUND in a bold cartouche at lower centre; place of issue KINGSTON JAMAICA and date printed at lower left and lower right respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 ONE POUND KINGSTON JAMAICA ACCOUNTANT MANAGER BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co Ld ENGLAND |
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Barclays DCO — the vehicle created by the 1925 merger of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and National Bank of South Africa — needed a unified note issue almost immediately after formation. This 1 Pound series was among the first to carry the consolidated Barclays brand across multiple African and Caribbean territories, with the place of payment varying by branch overprint rather than by separate plate design. Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled the print run throughout the series.
The precise territories covered by P#S141 affect value considerably — overprints for smaller island branches are meaningfully scarcer than the main West African issues.