Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dubs n.1

also dubbs
[ety. unknown; ? link to Essex dial. dubs, money, itself f. dibbs n.]

1. money.

[UK]‘Jon Bee’ Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. 72: Dubbs — money, of the copper kind.
[UK]Marvel 10 Mar. 179: So fork out the dubs.

2. see dub n.1 (1)