Catalog
5 Pounds Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S147 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio on orange guilloche underprint. The large denomination numeral £5 appears at centre-left within an ornate vignette frame, with the Royal Arms at right. The bank title and promise-to-pay clause are inscribed in bold letterpress across the upper and central portions of the note, with the place of issue, Kingston Jamaica, at lower right. |
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| Variants | P#S147 - 01.03.1940 P#S147s - 01.05.1937* * not listed in catalog |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was the successor entity formed in 1925 from the merger of three colonial banking operations — Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa — giving it a footprint across territories that no single British clearing bank could match. Notes issued under the DCO name carried genuine commercial weight across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously, which created persistent headaches around which local regulations applied at any given branch.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled a significant share of British colonial bank printing throughout this period. The 1937–1940 date span likely reflects signing batches rather than a continuous print run.