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100 Dollars - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Barbados |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour guilloche underprint in purple, green, blue, and orange covers the entire field, with an elaborate scalloped border. A large diamond-shaped unprinted void occupies the centre, framed by a diagonal band bearing the inscription GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS. Denomination numerals $100 in large blue and purple figures appear at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS $100 |
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The Government of Barbados issued this note under wartime authority, bypassing the usual commercial banking channels that had previously dominated currency supply on the island. Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was handling colonial currency contracts across the British Empire simultaneously during this period, with security printing allocated under strict wartime paper and ink rationing.
The $100 denomination put this note well beyond ordinary retail use in 1943 Barbados — it was a high-value instrument in a colony where most transactions ran to shillings. Survival rates for this series are low; few were returned for cancellation in a documented way, and some were simply lost to tropical humidity over the decades.