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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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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was a commercial bank issuing private currency across British territories — a practice that had largely died out in the metropolitan UK by this period but persisted in colonial settings where central banking infrastructure lagged behind trade. The DCO arm, formed in 1925 through the merger of three overseas-focused banks, held note-issuing rights in several territories simultaneously, meaning the same Bradbury Wilkinson plate technology underpinned a geographically scattered currency network.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was the default choice for high-security colonial private bank paper throughout the interwar decades, trusted for intaglio work and consistent watermark registration.