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20 Dollars Barclay's Bank

Issuer Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
Year 1926
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Printer Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, New Malden, Surrey, England
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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 TWENTY DOLLARS PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co Ltd ENGLAND
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Reverse lettering BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co Ltd ENGLAND, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was itself only a few years old when this note was issued — the DCO entity was formed in 1925 through the merger of three colonial banks including the Colonial Bank and the National Bank of South Africa. The $20 denomination suggests Caribbean issuance, most likely the British West Indies, where Barclays DCO inherited a substantial branch network. Bradbury, Wilkinson printed extensively for colonial commercial banks throughout the interwar period, their New Malden works supplying paper currency to institutions that lacked any central bank backing whatsoever.

Pick S101A places this in the private commercial issues, not sovereign note production — legally a bank obligation, not a government one.

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