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| Issuer | Colonial Bank |
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| Year | 1898-1912 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1848-1949) |
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| Obverse lettering | COLONIAL BANK $5 Issued at BARBADOS Principal Bank We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the sum of FIVE DOLLARS 1st Decr. 1898 BRIDGETOWN By order of the Court of Directors of the Colonial Bank Entd. MANAGER ACCOUNTt. BARBADOS |
| Reverse description | Black print on plain paper. The design is dominated by a large horizontal oval guilloche at centre bearing the bank name, flanked by two smaller circular rosette guilloches. Above and below, two additional oval counters carry the numeral "5". Elaborate foliate scrollwork fills the corners and connects the central elements in a symmetrical composition. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 COLONIAL BANK 5 |
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