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20 Dollars Barclays Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Size | 150 × 84 mm |
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| Reverse description | Printed in deep brown and red on a pink guilloche ground, the reverse is dominated by a large central intaglio vignette of the supported Royal Arms, flanked by ornate foliate scrollwork and two square denomination panels bearing the numeral "20" at left and right. The bank name arches across the top in bold letterpress, with the charter references inscribed below the arms vignette. The printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 |
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Barclays Bank (DCO) — the "Dominion, Colonial and Overseas" arm restructured in 1925 from the Colonial Bank, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the National Bank of South Africa — issued notes across a sprawling network of territories where no central bank yet existed to do the job. This $20 sits at the high end of their denominations, which means it almost certainly moved between commercial accounts rather than across shop counters.
Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the bulk of British colonial commercial banknote work in this period, and their New Malden facility was printing for dozens of issuers simultaneously. The P#S103 prefix places this firmly in the private commercial issues section — not a government obligation.