Catalog
5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue on green and purple underprint. The note follows the standard Barclays colonial branch design, with the branch designation ISSUED AT GRENADA BRANCH printed diagonally in red on both the left and right sides. A capital letter G appears in the upper left field as a branch identifier, while a supported royal arms vignette is centred on the note. |
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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 GRENADA BRANCH |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) — the name itself maps the architecture of British imperial finance. The DCO division was assembled in 1925 through a merger of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa, giving Barclays a network of branches that stretched from the Caribbean to East Africa to the Pacific. This note was issued by that structure at a moment when the DCO's branch banking model was being actively challenged by colonial governments developing their own central banking ambitions.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed for dozens of colonial banking clients throughout the interwar period, and their security printing quality was well regarded — but the P#S107 series is notable primarily as one of the later commercial bank emissions before state-controlled currency displaced private issue across much of the sterling bloc.