5 Dollars

Features

Issuer	Barbados
Issuing bank	Royal Bank of Canada (The Royal Bank of Canada)
King	Edward VII (1901-1910)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1909
Value	5 Dollars
Currency	Dollar (1848-1949)
Composition	Paper
Size	187 × 83 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Overprinted
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 275363
References	P# S161 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Black print; green underprint; red serial numbers.

Allegorical woman with children at left. Black overprint 'BARBADOS' at left and right, vertical overprint PAYABLE AT BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
DOMINION OF CANADA
THE Royal Bank of Canada
WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND
FIVE DOLLARS
MONTREAL JAN 2nd, 1909.
BARBADOS
PAYABLE AT BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS
5

Reverse

Black print; green underprint.

British coat of arms at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ROYAL BANK

5 FIVE 5 FIVE
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
DIEU ET MON DROIT

OF CANADA

Translation: Shamed be the one who thinks ill of it. God and my right.

Signature

Herbert Samuel Holt (HSH), President, Royal Bank of Canada

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)

Comments

Overprint on Canada P-S1371.

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Date	Signatures
Undetermined
1909-Jan-02	HSH
1909-Jan-02	HSH	Specimen

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