20 Dollars Barclay's Bank

Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was itself only formed in 1925, the result of an amalgamation that brought together Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa under the Barclays umbrella. This $20 note, issued just one year after that consolidation, belongs to one of the earliest series produced under the new combined entity — the ink barely dry on the merger before Bradbury Wilkinson had plates in production.

The denomination is a notable one. A $20 face value in 1926 represented serious purchasing power in most of the territories where DCO operated, suggesting this note was intended for commercial and inter-bank transactions rather than everyday retail use.