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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse carries the supported Royal Arms vignette at centre, flanked on each side by a large guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral '5'. An elaborate guilloche border frames the entire design, with the bank's incorporation details inscribed below the central arms and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LTD ENGRAVERS NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND |
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Barclays Bank (DCO) was formed in 1925 through the amalgamation of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and National Bank of South Africa — this 1926 note is among the earliest issues under the unified DCO identity. The territorial scope of that merger was enormous, and the DCO franchise issued notes across dozens of territories simultaneously, which makes precise attribution of individual specimens important: P#S106 assigns to a specific colonial territory, and misidentification within the DCO series is common in generalist collections.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plates at New Malden throughout this period, a facility responsible for a significant share of British colonial currency printing well into the mid-twentieth century.