20 Dollars Colonial Bank

Issuer	Colonial Bank
Year	1917
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Printer	Perkins, Bacon & Co. Ltd., London, United Kingdom
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Obverse description	The obverse is dominated by a yellow-gold guilloche underprint across the entire field, with the supported Royal Arms vignette centrally placed, flanked by guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral 20 at each corner and vertical TWENTY lettering panels at left and right. COLONIAL BANK is set in large serif lettering across the top, with the date 1st February 1917 and place of issue PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD at lower left, and signature lines for Accountant and Manager below the central vignette. The printer's imprint PERKINS, BACON & CO. LTD. LONDON appears at the foot.
Obverse lettering	COLONIAL BANK PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 TWENTY DOLLARS PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD
Reverse description	The reverse is printed entirely in blue, centred on a large oval guilloche frame enclosing the supported Royal Arms with motto scroll, flanked by guilloche ornaments and the numeral 20 within circular panels at left and right. COLONIAL BANK arches across the top in bold serif lettering, with INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 inscribed below the central vignette, and the printer's imprint at the foot.
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