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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE IN LOCAL CURRENCY ISSUED AT ST KITTS BRANCH |
| Reverse description | Purple on blue and green underprint. The supported royal arms are centrally placed within an elaborate guilloche surround, with the bank's full corporate title and charter incorporation references arranged in arched lettering above and below the central vignette. |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was the product of a 1925 amalgamation that absorbed Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa — a deliberate consolidation designed to give Barclays a single, coordinated presence across British territories. The DC&O division issued its own notes across multiple dependencies, with designs and denominations tailored by region. Bradbury Wilkinson printed for a long roster of colonial currency authorities throughout this period, and their work for Barclays was consistent with that output.
P#106A belongs to a series that would be overtaken by wartime currency controls and the gradual post-war transition toward government-issued legal tender across former colonial territories.