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English coin-weights and scales by John William Herbertz

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1775

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

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Money-changers scales with weights

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1770-1780

Elizabethan era equal-armed coin balance

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Coin balance with set of cup weights and grain weights in pearwood box

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1750-1760

Set of money scales in sharkskin case

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1820

Folding Guinea balance, in mahogany case, 1785-1801

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1785-1801

Coin balance, with weights for guinea, moidore and portugal-pieces, in mahogany box

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1768-1777

Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam

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1845-1871

Sovereign balance, 4 1/2", Bismar type, 1850

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1850

Pocket balance with weights

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1770

Balance (imperfect) and set of 25 weights, in case, Dutch, 1600-1630

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1600-1630

Small Austrian balance, in wood case, c.AD1700, fo

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1700-1710

Wilkinson-type folding coin balance in brass case

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1800

Box and weights for money changer's scales

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1790

Pocket scales with weights

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Money scales in sharkskin case

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1750

5" Sovereign balance 1850, bismar type, by Thurnhi

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1850

Pocket guinea balance with weights

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1763-1779

Wilkinson-type folding coin balance with weights

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1800

Money changer's scales in plush and gold braided case

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1768-1782

Money scales in decorated pearwood case

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1763-1779

Money-changers' scales and weights

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1693-1731

Coin balance, with nested brass cup wts and circular brass coin wts, in mahogany box

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1780-1782

Stuart era coin balance

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1600-1644

Wilkinson-type folding coin balance

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1790-1800
Scales & weights for the use of money changers, German 1653, in carved wooden box, 43 weights in all [15+4+10+14]

Coin checking equal-arm balance

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1653
Coin balance to weigh a third of a guinea piece, c.1800

Balance to weigh a third of a guinea piece

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1800-1810
Pocket balance, with eleven weights in mahogany case. Date about 1770. Weights marked 3,4, 5 (grains); 1.2.3.4.5.6.10.10 (dwt.) all weights stamped "R.T.". Length of beam 4 7/8 ins. , sensitivity 0.1 gr.

Pocket balance with weights

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1770
Money-changer's scales, in pearwood case 5 1/8"x2 5/8"x1 1/8". Coloured label of " Johannes Linderman, Amsterdam" with scales and numerous weights in drawer

Money-changer's scales, in pearwood case 5 1/8"x2

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1620-1640
Pair of pocket scales and fourteen weights, 17th century, by Daniel Thompson, in wooden case, length of beam 5 1/8 ins., sensitivity 0.2 gr

Pocket scales with weights

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1727-1745
Pair of money-changer's scales and 10 wts., by Samuel Read, London, in decorated oak case. Length of beam 4 13/16 ins., sensitivity 0.2gr.

Pair of money-changers scales with weights

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1735-1779
Pocket Balance, with five weights, in mahogany case, by Edward Phillips, London. Length of beam 4 7/8ins., sensitivity 0.1gr.

Pocket Balance; five weights; mahogany case

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1763-1781
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.

Guinea Balance in metal case

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1800-1812
Small Guinea scales in oval japanned tin box, 5"x2"x3/4" deep

Small Guinea scales in japanned tin box

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Arabic balance and set of weights, all of silver, in silver-mounted ivory case, size 4"x2 1/8""x1/2", c. A.D.1800 (one small square shaped weight missing). Length of beam 3.75", sensitivity 0.3 @ No Load, 0.7 @ 100 grain load

Arabic balance and set of weights, in silver-mounted ivory case

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1800-1810
Portable balance with box of weights and steel forceps. 29 brass weights in drawer of case.

Portable beam balance

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1800-1899
Pair of scales and 6 weights for weighing guineas, half guineas and quarter guineas, date subsequent to 1774, with case

Scales and weights for weighing guineas

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1774
Automatic combined Guinea and Sovereign balance, c.1820-40, folding into wood case 5 3/8" x1"x5/8", to weigh by a divided counter balance weight - Guinea, Half-Guinea and Third-Guinea(7/-), Sovereign and Half-sovereign (with table dating c.1820-40 of current gold coin weights printed in the lid)

Automatic combined Guinea and Sovereign balance

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1820-1840
Coin balance (equal-arm) with two weights (sovereign and 1/2 sov.) c.1817, by Pickett

Equal-arm coin balance

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1817
Wilkinson type folding Guinea balance by J. Mountford, c.A.D.1800, in mahogany case, 3 1/2"x1"x9/16". For guineas and 1/2 guineas only by "throw-over" weight. Slide indicates light weight zero to 12 pence "minus" value, by scale engraved on top face of beam; and "plus" value up to 4 farthings, by 4 notches cut on edge of beam between the zero and fulcrum of beam. Copied from the original Wilkinson type of 1772. (See Inv.1949-150 & 263)

Wilkinson type folding Guinea balance

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1775-1810
Money scales and weights, in pearwood case, containing complete set of 12 circular coin weights from James I to William III, and 3 square weights, with finely wrought balance in original condition (9 1/4"x2 5/8"x1 3/8"), c.1650

Money scales and weights, in pearwood case,1650

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1650-1655
Portable balance and set of weights, in case, with relieving mechanism on brass column, German, late 18th century. Length of beam 5 15/16 ins.

Portable balance and weights

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1780-1799
Pair of money-changer's scales and 7 wts., by Meymott and Porter, London, in mahogany case, length of beam 5.1 ins., sensitivity 0.1gr.

Pair of money-changers scales with weights

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1783-1797
Guinea balance (to check the weight of a gold guinea) c.1800

Guinea balance, to weigh gold guineas

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1800-1810
Folding pocket coin balance, after 1817, (Equal-arm), in mahogany case with three weights

Folding pocket coin balance

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Wilkinson folding Guinea balance (steelyard type) of A.D.1772 to weigh without loose weights, Guineas, Half and one-third Guineas, and to register deficiencies in weight value by pennies up to one shilling. With original signature of "A. Wilkinson", Ormskirk, Lancashire. In folding wood case 5 1/4"x15/16"x5/8"

Wilkinson folding Guinea balance (steelyard type)

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1785-1801
Wilkinson Folding Guinea balance, original 1772 type, for guineas and half-guineas with slide and scale divisions for over and under weight coins. Printed labels of instructions by "A. Wilkinson, Ormskirk, Lancashire". Size of wood case 5 1/4"x1"x5/8"

Wilkinson Folding Guinea balance, original 1772 type

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1785-1801
Portable balance and set of weights, in case, with early form of relieving mechanism, German, late 17th century (Regensburg or Ratisbon). Length of beam 4 3/4ins.

Portable balance and weights

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1680-1699
Small French Coin balance of 18th century design, with round pin fulcrum and pan suspensions, with 4 weights, in wooden case. Length of beam 4 7/16 ins, sensitivity 0.3 grains

Small French Coin balance of 18th century design,

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1700-1799