Catalog
20 Dollars - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Barbados |
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| Year | 1943-1949 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and green with black serial numbers, the obverse carries a front-facing portrait bust of King George VI at right, with a vignette of Neptune riding a horse-drawn sea-cart to the left. The denomination and legal tender clause appear in letterpress, with the issuer title and commissioners' signatures flanking the central design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in multicolour, dominated by an elaborate oval guilloche underprint in red, purple, yellow, and green, with large denomination numerals "$20" rendered in intaglio at left and right within foliate rosette vignettes. A plain rectangular reserve at centre serves as the watermark window, with the issuer title arched above and the country name below in bold letterpress. |
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| Protection description | Two horse heads |
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