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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank

Issuer Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
Year 1937-1939
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Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Obverse description Purple intaglio on blue and orange guilloche underprint. The supported royal arms vignette is centred, flanked by the branch-of-issue overprint reading 'ISSUED AT ST. LUCIA BRANCH' in red, applied diagonally on both the left and right sides. Serial number in a single-letter-over-two-letter prefix format with up to seven digits appears at upper right and lower left; the manuscript Accountant signature and issue date appear at lower left, the printed Manager signature and head-office designation 'Bridgetown Barbados' at lower right, with a capital 'L' in the upper-right field.
Obverse lettering BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE IN LOCAL CURRENCY ISSUED AT ST LUCIA BRANCH
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Reverse lettering BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925
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