Barclays Bank Currency & Banknote Values

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Barclays Bank series of Jamaica in the World Currency contains 43 distinct entries with CPG® values between $225.00 and $1,450.00.

Barclay & Company Limited was established on 20 July 1896 through the merger of the banking business of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Company; Gurney & Company; and various other private banking concerns. In December 1917, Barclays Bank came to a working arrangement with the Colonial Bank which gave Barclays access to the latter’s presence in west Africa and the Caribbean. Barclays secured a controlling interest in the Colonial Bank in 1918, and in 1925, an Act of Parliament permitted the re-incorporation of the Colonial Bank, which changed its name to Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), a private subsidiary of Barclays Bank Limited. Soon after, the bank absorbed the Anglo-Egyptian Bank and National Bank of South Africa.

From 1926 to 1949, Barclays Bank (BAR) issued three series of notes for exclusive use in British West Indies territories. Take care not to confuse the notes as they share identical designs and color schemes, although they are overprinted with letters at upper left or right front to indicate the country or territory where the notes were initially issued. Additionally, the notes bear a printed principal place of issue on front and, in some cases, an additional overprinted subordinate place of issue.