5 Dollars Colonial Bank

Obverse description	Printed in black on cream paper, the note bears the Royal Arms vignette at upper centre flanked by two oval guilloche medallions each enclosing the denomination numeral '$5'. The legend 'Issued at TRINIDAD Branch, PORT OF SPAIN' appears diagonally in manuscript style text on either side of the arms. The lower portion carries a promise-to-pay text in copperplate script, the date '1st June 1888', the place of issue 'BRIDGETOWN', and a rectangular guilloche panel inscribed 'FIVE DOLLARS' at lower left. Two manuscript signatures appear above the designations MANAGER and ACCOUNTANT, issued by order of the Court of Directors of the Colonial Bank.
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Reverse description	Printed in black on plain cream paper, the reverse is dominated by a large central oval guilloche panel bearing the inscription 'COLONIAL BANK' in white serif lettering on a dark engine-turned background, flanked at left and right by two smaller circular guilloche rosettes. Above and below the central oval, acanthus scroll ornaments frame circular medallions each enclosing the numeral '5'. The printer's imprint 'Perkins Bacon & Co London' appears in small text at the lower centre margin.
Reverse lettering	COLONIAL BANK 5 5 Perkins Bacon & Co London
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