5 Dollars Barclay's Bank

Barclays Bank (DCO) was formed in 1925 through the amalgamation of Colonial Bank, Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and National Bank of South Africa — this 1926 note is among the earliest issues under the unified DCO identity. The territorial scope of that merger was enormous, and the DCO franchise issued notes across dozens of territories simultaneously, which makes precise attribution of individual specimens important: P#S106 assigns to a specific colonial territory, and misidentification within the DCO series is common in generalist collections.

Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plates at New Malden throughout this period, a facility responsible for a significant share of British colonial currency printing well into the mid-twentieth century.