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20 Dollars (4 Pounds 3 Shillings 4 Pence)
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | Dark green and black note with an elaborate guilloche border frame. A central intaglio vignette depicts a horse-drawn wagon loaded with sugar cane being driven through a plantation scene, flanked by ornate scrollwork panels. The upper portion carries the issuer's title in large serif lettering, with the place of issue 'AT BRIDGETOWN' and 'BARBADOS' on either side; denomination panels in the upper corners read '20 BARBADOS DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £4·3·4'; the date 'January 2nd 1920' and handwritten place appear at lower left, with 'IN BARBADOS CURRENCY' and 'REDEEMABLE ONLY IN BARBADOS' inscribed across the lower register beneath a bold 'TWENTY' underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is dominated by a large central Royal Arms vignette with lion and unicorn supporters on either side of a quartered shield beneath a crown, with the motto ribbons 'DIEU ET MON DROIT' below. The denomination 'TWENTY BARBADOS DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £4-3-4' is repeated in bold lettering on both the left and right flanks within ornate guilloche panels, and the issuer's name appears in a curved cartouche at the foot of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | TWENTY BARBADOS DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £4-3-4 DIEU ET MON DROIT THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA |
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