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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1940-1941 |
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| Size | 150 × 84 mm |
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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 LUCIA BRANCH |
| Reverse description | Purple on blue and green underprint. The supported Royal Arms vignette is centrally positioned within an elaborate guilloche border, flanked on each side by large denominational '5' counters set within ornate lathe-work panels. The bank's name and former title arc across the upper portion in bold lettering, with incorporation legends inscribed below the central arms, and the printer's imprint appearing at the foot of the note. |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was the corporate vehicle through which Barclays absorbed a cluster of colonial banks in 1925, and its currency-issuing role in various territories meant Bradbury, Wilkinson was printing essentially private banknotes with quasi-official circulation status. The 1940–41 dating places this squarely in the period when sterling-area territories faced acute supply pressures — shipping disruptions affected note deliveries, and some issues from this window were printed in smaller batches than pre-war runs.
Pick S111 falls in the "S" prefix, catalogued as a private or semi-official issue rather than a central bank emission.