Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Colonial Bank |
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| Year | 1898-1912 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1848-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on brown underprint. The British coat of arms appears as a central vignette, flanked diagonally by the overprint text "Issued at BARBADOS Principal Bank" on both sides. Two oval denomination counters bearing "$5" are positioned at left and right, with the serial number printed in black beneath each. The promise-to-pay text, date, and place of issue are rendered in copperplate script across the centre, with manuscript signatures of the Manager and Accountant at lower right. |
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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 |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 COLONIAL BANK 5 |
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