Coin Scale
Coin Scale
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- Description
- New sovereign and half sovereign coins were introduced in Britain 1817, and by 1828, Samuel Harrison, of Birmingham, was advertising an “improved Sovereign Balance” designed to determine if a coin is counterfeit or not. The "Harrison" maker's mark on this example appears on the beam near the crown. The plates for the coins are marked "Sovereign Warranted" and "Sovereign ½." The scale is contained in a small box made of paper. A signature, in ink, reads "Robert Naisey Chemist Marlboro Westshire 1842."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin scale
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Associated Place
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.2 cm x 9.5 cm x 2 cm; 15/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 25/32 in
- overall in case: 7/8 in x 4 in x 1 1/16 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.69875 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.0240.36
- accession number
- 2011.0240
- catalog number
- 2011.0240.36
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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