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| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Purple intaglio on blue and orange guilloche underprint. The supported royal arms appear at right, with the branch designation 'ISSUED AT ST. VINCENT BRANCH' overprinted diagonally in red on both left and right margins. Serial number prefix of a single letter over two letters separated by a dot, followed by up to seven digits, appears at upper right and lower left; date of issue in black at lower left; head office designation 'BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS' in black at lower right; and a capital letter 'V' in the upper right field. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower left for the ACCOUNTANT and a printed signature at lower right for the MANAGER. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ISSUED AT ST. VINCENT BRANCH FIVE DOLLARS IN LOCAL CURRENCY BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS |
| Reverse description | The supported royal arms are centrally positioned as the sole vignette on an otherwise plain ground, surrounded by the bank's corporate title and charter inscriptions in a formal typographic layout. |
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