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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Overseas) |
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| Year | 1926 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and orange note with the heading RHODESIAN ISSUE at top. A classical female allegorical vignette occupies the left margin, seated beside sheep and pastoral elements, while a vignette of Victoria Falls fills the right margin. The central panel bears the bank's full title within an ornate frame, with the promise-to-pay text indicating Salisbury as the place of payment, the denomination FIVE POUNDS rendered in bold letterpress within a sunburst guilloche underprint, and the date 1st September, 1926, with serial numbers in the upper corners and manuscript signatures of the Accountant and Manager below. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a large intaglio vignette of a recumbent lion facing left, rendered with fine line engraving against a plain ground. The bank's name BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL & OVERSEAS) is inscribed in a scroll above the lion, and the whole composition is enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border with numeral 5 repeated in each corner. |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper, as produced by Waterlow & Sons. |
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