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5 Dollars
| 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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| Obverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE IN LOCAL CURRENCY ISSUED BE SITUATED AT ANTIGUA BRANCH FIVE DOLLARS BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 ACCOUNTANT MANAGER |
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| Reverse lettering | BARCLAYS BANK (DOMINION, COLONIAL AND OVERSEAS) FORMERLY THE COLONIAL BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1836 REINCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1925 BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO. LTD. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND |
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) was a commercial bank issuing private currency across British territories — a practice that had largely died out in the metropolitan UK by this period but persisted in colonial settings where central banking infrastructure lagged behind trade. The DCO arm, formed in 1925 through the merger of three overseas-focused banks, held note-issuing rights in several territories simultaneously, meaning the same Bradbury Wilkinson plate technology underpinned a geographically scattered currency network.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was the default choice for high-security colonial private bank paper throughout the interwar decades, trusted for intaglio work and consistent watermark registration.