Coin scales

Made:: 1801-1900

Coin scales, steel beam with circular box-type beam ends and brass pans, in oval tin box with five weights, English, nineteenth century

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A190937

Materials:: beam, steel, pans, brass, box, tin, wood, box lining, wool and box lid lining, silk

type:: coin scales

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Parts

Cylindrical brass weight

Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh five pennyweights and eight grains

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A190937 Pt1

type:: weights

Cylindrical brass weight

Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh two pennyweights and sixteen grains

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A190937 Pt2

type:: weights

Coin shaped weight

Coin shaped weight, to weigh five pennyweights and two and a half grains, equvialent to one sovereign

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A190937 Pt3

type:: weights

Coin shaped weight

Coin shaped weight, to weigh two pennyweights and thirteen and one eighth grains, equivalent to half a sovereign

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A190937 Pt4

type:: weights

Thin rectangular brass weight

Thin rectangular brass weight, equivalent to 7 shillings in value

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A190937 Pt5

type:: weights

Coin scales

Coin scales, steel beam with circular box-type beam ends and brass pans, in oval tin box (without weights see other parts), English, nineteenth century