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5 Dollars Barclay's Bank
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 150 × 84 mm |
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| Obverse description | Purple intaglio print on blue and orange underprint; the supported royal arms appear as a central vignette on the standard Barclays colonial note design, common across all branch issues. The branch designation 'ISSUED AT ST. KITTS BRANCH' is overprinted in red at an angle on both the left and right sides, with the capital letter 'K' in the upper right field and 'BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS' in black at lower right. Serial prefix of a single letter followed by up to six digits appears at upper right and lower left, with a manuscript Accountant signature at lower left and a printed Manager signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Purple intaglio print on blue and green underprint, with the supported royal arms positioned centrally as the principal vignette, consistent with the standardised Barclays colonial note design used across all branch issues. |
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Barclays DCO — the Dominion, Colonial and Overseas arm — operated as a quasi-central bank across much of British-administered Africa and the Caribbean during the 1940s, issuing notes that had full legal tender status in their respective territories despite originating from a commercial institution registered in London. The 1940 date places this note squarely in wartime production, when shipping disruptions and security concerns made the management of colonial currency supplies genuinely complicated.
The "S" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a specimen. Bradbury Wilkinson produced specimen notes with serial numbers cancelled or replaced by zeros and typically punched or perforated with the word SPECIMEN — standard practice for the firm when supplying reference examples to issuing authorities and correspondent banks.