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5 Dollars
| Uitgever | Colonial Bank |
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| Jaar | 1882-1912 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse is engraved in a classical intaglio style with an ornate guilloche border framing the entire note. At top centre, the inscription COLONIAL BANK appears in bold letterpress, with BARBADOS at the foot; a central vignette carries the royal coat of arms flanked by oval counters bearing the denomination numeral 5 and diagonal branch text reading Issued at GRENADA Branch. The promise-to-pay text reads We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE DOLLARS / BRIDGETOWN, with SPECIMEN overprint and cancellation punch-holes in the lower portion. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | COLONIAL BANK Issued at GRENADA Branch $5 A 000000 We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE DOLLARS BRIDGETOWN By order of the Court of Directors of the Colonial Bank FIVE DOLLARS SPECIMEN Manager Accountt BARBADOS |
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The Colonial Bank operated across the British West Indies from its founding in 1836, with branches spanning Trinidad, Barbados, British Guiana, and several of the smaller Leeward and Windward Islands. Notes issued under this name circulated across multiple territories simultaneously — the same instrument might pass through Port of Spain, Bridgetown, and Georgetown in a single commercial chain, which complicated redemption considerably.
The bank was absorbed by Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) in 1926, but notes from the late issue period of this series continued to circulate informally well after that merger. The thirty-year window of this particular series reflects successive re-issues from standing plates rather than distinct design changes.