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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in rose-pink and green tones, with the full bank title BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) across the top, above the legend FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK. A large central guilloche underprint carries the word FIVE DOLLARS in intaglio lettering, flanked on the left by an oval denomination panel reading FIVE DOLLARS and on the right by the Royal Arms vignette. The branch designation BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS appears at lower right, with the issue date 1ST MARCH 1939 and serial number prefix at lower left, and two manuscript signatures for Accountant and Manager along the bottom. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in purple and blue, centered on a large heraldic vignette of the Royal Arms supported by two lions, set within an elaborate guilloche frame with floral rosette panels to either side. Denomination counters showing a script 5¢ appear at upper left and lower right within ornate cartouches. The bank name BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK runs across the top, with the incorporation legends at the foot, and the printer's imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. at the very bottom. |
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| Protection description | Watermarked paper as standard for Bradbury Wilkinson printings of this period. |
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