The Godfrey Burr Collection

Balls Bank, Dublin, Thirty Pounds, 1820, unissued, for Benjamin Ball, Mathew James Plunkett, Philip Doyne Junr & Henry Samuel Close. About extremely fine, rare (£400-500)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Godfrey Burr Collection.

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The bank was established in 1810 and remained in business until taken over by the Northern Banking Co Ltd in 1888. It ceased issuing its own notes in the mid 19th century