5 Dollars

Issuer	Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
Year	1937-1949
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Currency	Dollar (1848-1949)
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Obverse description	Uniface red print on white paper with a fine guilloche underprint. The British Royal coat of arms appears as a vignette at the right, flanked by two signature lines for Accountant and Manager below centre. The denomination FIVE DOLLARS is rendered in an oval cartouche at left, with the issuing bank's full title in bold letterpress across the top and the place and date of issue, BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS, at lower right.
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Reverse description	Red print on a light blue guilloche underprint, with the British Royal coat of arms as the central vignette, flanked symmetrically by two ornate rosette panels each bearing the numeral 5. The bank's full title and former name, THE COLONIAL BANK, are inscribed in bold letterpress across the upper portion, with the incorporation references printed in small text along the lower margin. The overall design is enclosed within a decorative blue-printed border.
Reverse lettering	BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 $5 HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE DIEU ET MON DROIT (Translation: Shamed be the one who thinks ill of it. God and my right.)
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