Pub and Refreshment Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Dunne, copper, by Parkes [1861-72], 22mm (Rice 133; Todd 85; Withers 6025; ‘Dublinia’ 422). Very fine £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Neil Todd.

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Mrs Dunn, widow of John Dunn, provision dealer, 8 Grand Canal place, 1859-75; Edward Dunne, presumably the son of Mrs Dunn, was fined for mistreating a horse in September 1863 and it appears that the business went bankrupt in January 1873 (Powell, TCSB December 2014, pp.178-9)