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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in purple and multicolour on a guilloche underprint of orange, blue, and green lathe-work radiating from the centre. A circular denomination vignette reading FIVE DOLLARS is positioned at left, while the supported Royal Arms with lion and unicorn supporters and the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT appears at right, accompanied by the territorial designation DEMERARA BRITISH GUIANA below. The bank's promise-to-pay legend occupies the centre field, with the date and dual manuscript signatures of the Accountant and Manager appearing at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in purple on a light guilloche ground and carries a large central vignette of the supported Royal Arms with lion and unicorn supporters and the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT, flanked symmetrically by decorative floral rosette panels and circular dollar-sign counters at each lateral corner. The bank name and charter inscriptions arc across the top and bottom of the central design, with the printer's imprint at the foot. The overall composition is enclosed within a fine engine-turned border. |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) — the name itself maps the bank's ambitions — was a 1925 amalgamation of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa, with Barclays absorbing the whole structure. The DCO designation gave it issuing rights across a remarkable spread of territories, and notes of this series were produced for multiple jurisdictions from a single Bradbury, Wilkinson operation in Surrey.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference indicates this is catalogued as a private or commercial bank issue rather than a central authority emission — a distinction that mattered less in the colonial banking world, where DCO branches often functioned as the de facto monetary institution in territories lacking a government note issue.