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1 Pound Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1926-1935 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S141 |
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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 |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of the Royal Arms supported by lion and unicorn, with motto DIEU ET MON DROIT on a ribbon below, set within an elaborate scalloped guilloche frame. Circular numeral medallions bearing the figure 1 appear at far left and far right, flanked by symmetrical foliate rosette ornaments. The bank's full title arches across the top in bold lettering, with the charter incorporation inscriptions at the bottom. |
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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.