Lot Archive

Lot

№ 657

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30 April 2009

Hammer Price:
£80

Co Dublin, Dublin, Ffrenchs Bank, One Pound, 18 September 1812, no. 4588, for Hon. Charles Ffrench, Henry Taaffe, Michael Morris, William Keary, Hon. Thomas Ffrench & Hon. Martin Ffrench. Bankruptcy stamp on front, many endorsements and pinholes, otherwise good fine £120-150

Ffrenchs Bank, founded in Tuam in 1804, opened a branch in Dublin 1807. The bank failed in 1814. Later notes were all payable in Bank of Ireland paper