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Guinea Balance in metal case

Made:
1800-1812 in England
Guinea Balance in metal case, with brass weights for guinea

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Guinea Balance in metal case, with brass weights for guinea
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Guinea Balance in metal case, with brass weights for guinea, half guinea, sovereign and half sovereign; the last two dated 1812: with newspaper cutting "The London Gazette, Saturday, July 5th, 1817, length of balance 4 3/32 ins., sensitivity 0.06 gr.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1915-310
type:
money scales and coin beamscale
credit:
Sir William Crookes

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