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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Colonial Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress print on an orange guilloche underprint, with red serial numbers. The British Royal Coat of Arms is centrally placed as the principal vignette, surrounded by ornate lathe work. The issuer name, denomination, promise-to-pay text, place of issue, and date appear in typeset lettering, with the printer's imprint at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in green ink, the reverse is dominated by a large central guilloche medallion enclosing the British Royal Coat of Arms with its motto scroll, flanked on each side by an additional ornate rosette medallion bearing the numeral 5. The issuer title arches across the top in bold lettering, with the charter inscription running along the lower margin and the printer's imprint at foot centre. |
| Reverse lettering | COLONIAL BANK 5 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE DIEU ET MON DROIT PERKINS, BACON & CO. Ltd. LONDON (Translation: Shamed be the one who thinks ill of it. God and my right.) |
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