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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1922-1935 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S103 |
| Obverse description | Multicolour note with a central vignette of the Colonial Bank royal arms — a heraldic shield supported by two lions rampant beneath a crown — printed in dark brown intaglio at centre. Orange guilloche rosettes and denomination numerals '100' appear at left and right flanking the arms. The bank title 'BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK' is inscribed across the top, with the promise text 'PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE' flanking the central vignette. The issuing branch, 'BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS', is printed at lower left, with the serial number, branch letter, date, and manager's manuscript signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange-red on white paper, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Colonial Bank royal arms — shield supported by two lions rampant beneath a crown — set within elaborate lathe-work guilloche surrounds. Two large circular guilloche rosettes carrying the denomination numeral '100' are positioned at the left and right extremities. The bank title 'BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK' arches across the upper portion, with founding and re-incorporation details inscribed beneath the central arms. |
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Barclays Bank DCO was created through the 1925 merger of Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa under the Barclays umbrella — but this series predates that consolidation, placing it under the earlier "Dominion, Colonial and Overseas" reorganization that Barclays used to rationalize its far-flung branch network across the Caribbean, Africa, and the Pacific. Notes issued under this banner were legal tender instruments in specific territories rather than general Barclays obligations, with the issuing branch location determining actual circulation jurisdiction.
The precise territory of issue for P#103 is the critical variable. Without confirmed branch attribution, provenance research matters more than usual here.