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5 Dollars Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Pink and blue intaglio-printed reverse dominated by a large central vignette of the supported Royal Arms with the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT on a ribbon below, flanked symmetrically by ornate guilloche rosette panels and numeral 5 counters at left and right. The bank name and its predecessor institution are inscribed in bold lettering across the upper portion, with the incorporation legend running along the lower margin. A scalloped guilloche border frames the entire design. |
| 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. NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was itself a 1925 consolidation of Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa — a merger engineered largely to rationalise British banking interests across multiple territories under a single issuing umbrella. Notes under this title circulated across a patchwork of dependencies, and attribution to a specific territory requires checking the payable-at text rather than the issuer name alone.
Bradbury, Wilkinson printed for numerous colonial banking clients during this period and maintained tight security procedures — serial numbering, plate registration, and paper sourcing were all handled in-house at New Malden.