5 Dollars Colonial Bank

The Colonial Bank was a British overseas institution chartered in 1836, operating across the British West Indies and British Guiana. By the time this note was issued, the bank was already in the late stages of its independence — Barclays absorbed it in 1925 as part of the formation of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas).

Perkins, Bacon & Petch were the dominant security printers for colonial currency in this period, their intaglio work being considered difficult to counterfeit in territories with limited sophisticated printing infrastructure. The P#S120 designation places this in the private/commercial bank issues rather than government colonial currency.