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100 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio print over a purple and blue guilloche underprint. The British Royal coat of arms is centrally placed within an ornate floral vignette, flanked by denomination counters reading "100" at left and right. The bank title and charter inscriptions are arranged above the central arms in bold serif lettering. |
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| Protection type | Perfin |
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Barclays Bank (DCO) occupied a peculiar position in colonial currency history — a private British commercial bank with the authority to issue legal tender across multiple territories, a function most countries had already transferred to central banks or government boards by the interwar period. These high-denomination notes were never intended for retail use; they moved between merchants, trading houses, and government accounts, which is why so few show any meaningful wear.
Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the plates in New Malden to their usual exacting standard. The perfin security feature — holes punched through the paper in a pattern — was applied at the point of issue rather than during printing, making it a bank-level control, not a press-level one.