5 Pounds

Issuer	Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
Year	1931-1954
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Value	5 Pounds
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Obverse description	Green and red print on white paper, with a central vignette of a flock of sheep at left within an ornate guilloche border. The denomination numeral '5' appears in large format at lower centre, flanked by the trilingual value inscriptions 'VYF POND' and 'FIVE POUNDS', with 'FÜNF PFUND' below. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear at lower centre, with serial number repeated at upper left and right.
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Reverse description	Printed in green on a light guilloche underprint, with the bank's circular vignette at centre showing a sailing ship surrounded by the full bank name legend on a ribbon scroll. The denomination '5' appears in each corner, with trilingual value inscriptions 'VYF POND', 'FIVE POUNDS', and 'FÜNF PFUND' displayed across the lower portion of the design within an ornate engraved frame.
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