Coin balance, 5" steel, with box-ends in oval japanned-tin case

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5 steel coin balance (late 18th cent
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5" steel coin balance (late 18th cent.) with box-ends in oval japanned-tin case, 6 1/2"x2 3/4"x3/4" with snap lid (weights missing)

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Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: 1951-358

type:: money scales and coin beamscale

credit:: Court, E.

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Coin balance, 5" steel, with box-ends in oval japanned-tin case

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