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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Barclays Bank D.C.O. |
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| Year | 1954-1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and red intaglio print on a pale guilloche underprint. A vignette at left centre shows a flock of sheep in a pastoral landscape. The bank title BARCLAYS BANK D.C.O. appears in bold lettering across the upper portion, with the large numeral 5 at centre flanked by the trilingual denomination inscriptions VYF POND / FIVE POUNDS / FÜNF PFUND. Two signature lines appear below the central vignette, with the date printed to the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by the circular Barclays Bank D.C.O. arms vignette at centre, showing a sailing ship within a beaded roundel and the bank name around the circumference. BARCLAYS BANK D.C.O. is lettered in large bold type above the vignette, with the trilingual denomination VYF POND / FIVE POUNDS / FÜNF PFUND in a panel below. A simple guilloche border frames the entire design. |
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| Variants | P#6a - 30.11.1954 & 01.09.1956, date in green P#6b - 29.11.1958, date in black |
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