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5 Dollars Colonial Bank
| Issuer | Colonial Bank |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on white paper, the note carries the issuing bank title COLONIAL BANK in a decorative letterpress banner across the top, with ST. THOMAS at the foot. Two oval guilloche vignettes bearing the denomination numeral $5 flank a central royal coat of arms. The serial number appears twice in the upper field, with the promise-to-pay text, date, and manuscript signatures of the Manager and Accountant occupying the central body of the note, all within a fine engraved border. |
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| Obverse lettering | COLONIAL BANK ISSUED AT ST. CROIX BRANCH We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE DOLLARS ST. THOMAS 1st Janry 1879 By order of the Court of Directors of the Colonial Bank. Manager. Accountt. FIVE DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and appears to be plain or bears only a simple geometric border pattern typical of Colonial Bank notes of this period, without pictorial vignettes. |
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