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5 Dollars Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1822-1965) |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in mauve and purple tones, with a supported royal coat of arms vignette at the right centre, flanked by guilloche rosette underprints. A circular denomination panel reading FIVE DOLLARS appears at the left, with the bank title arched across the top margin. The serial number, issue date (1ST FEBRUARY 1941), and branch designation PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD appear in the lower portion, above two manuscript signature lines for Accountant and 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 FIVE DOLLARS IN LOCAL CURRENCY ISSUED AT GRENADA BRANCH FIVE DOLLARS PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) occupied an unusual position in colonial monetary systems — a private British commercial bank with the authority to issue legal tender across multiple territories simultaneously. This 1941 note falls squarely into the wartime period when sterling area controls tightened and the movement of currency between colonial outposts was subject to exchange restrictions that had no peacetime precedent.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility continued producing colonial and commercial bank issues throughout the war despite the obvious logistical pressures, and the S108 series is among the later private bank issues before postwar reforms progressively stripped commercial institutions of their note-issuing privileges across British territories.