Money Scales (Under Development)

Description

Money scales fall primarily into broad uses: counterfeit coin detectors (CCD) to test coin weight and size, international trade to weigh coins from other countries, and coin counters for mass processing like for banking.

Collection Items

TBD (Boxed scale) [Nickel-plated brass beam, brass pans, 18 knobbed brass money weights, tooled leather box(?)]

TBD (Boxed scale) [Unknown, probably American, equal-arm money scale, nickel-plated iron beam, brass pans, 3 square coin wts brass, 6 mixed weights]

TBD (Boxed scale) Unknown, English, equal-arm money scale, nickel-plated iron beam, brass pans, 5 brass knob weights, complete, T (tight?) in box w/…

TBD (Boxed scale) [Daniel Crosby, Dublin, equal-arm money scale, iron beam, brass pans, 3 prass coint wts, elaborate wood box]

TBD [Handmade equal arm balance, possibly con scale, wood beem, branss pans, "G.W." owner, well-fitter into box, coin weight(?) lead]

TBD (Boxed scale) [Unknown French, iron beam, brass pans, 5 nested cup weights brass, 7 brass flake weights]

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Comments

Diana Crawforth-Hitchins

Details of the weights are essential to aid in identifying the country from which the box came, and its date.  Will you be adding references to EQM articles that tell much more?  eg Daniel Crosby and Henry Jackson are thoroughly dealt with.  

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