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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and orange note with an elaborate guilloche underprint at centre incorporating a large denomination medallion reading FIVE DOLLARS at left and a supported British Royal Arms vignette at right, with the bearer promise text printed diagonally across the centre. A red diagonal overprint reads ISSUED AT DOMINICA BRANCH. Date and serial number appear at lower left, with BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS at lower right, and two manuscript signature lines for Accountant and Manager at bottom. |
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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 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) — the name itself tells the story. The DCO structure, formalized in 1925 from the merger of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and National Bank of South Africa, gave Barclays a sprawling network of note-issuing branches across British territories. This note belongs to that interwar period when private commercial banks still retained issuing rights in colonial markets, a privilege increasingly under pressure as central banking ideology spread through the British Commonwealth during the late 1930s.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled security printing for dozens of colonial and dominion issuers during this period. The P#S101A classification places it firmly in the specialized commercial bank issues rather than government emissions.