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Coin
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Coin weights were made to correspond to the weights of particular coin denominations, and the denomination in question was usually indicated in the design. They were most commonly made of brass or other copper alloy and were generally produced for high-value pieces, gold rather than silver coins. Their purpose was to check the weight of coin in circulation and ensure that coin received was of good quality. Normally they would correspond to the lowest weight at which the coin remained legal tender. They could be used to guard against clipped, worn or counterfeit coin and to check the standards of foreign coin permitted in currency. For example, weights were provided in England for ducats and florins in the sixteenth century; for French louis d'or in the late seventeenth; and for the huge amounts of Portuguese gold in the early eighteenth Coin weights are now on a searchable data base click here
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Pre
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Roman
lead 20 Scriptula coin weight |
Possibly Anglo Saxon weight with undeciphered inscription Ref N.Biggs English Weights page 40 |
Roman
coin weight - Eight scriptula(x) |
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Early
medieval lead pyramid shaped coin weight 3.63g, 13.0mm dia |
Early
medieval lead pyramid shaped coin weight 3.83g, 11.54 mm dia |
Roman lead 20 scriptula weight |
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Viking bullion weight |
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Medieval
1066 - 1485 |
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1412- 1464 Medieval Gold Noble lead coin weight - ship type Most probably made in Bruges. 6.05g.18.35 mm L |
1351-1412
British Ryal - King with sword and shield standing in a ship type
with rose coin weight 7.42g |
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1351 AD Light Noble coin weight. Representation of a ship with fore and stern cables French manufacture, probably made in Paris |
Medieval
Ryal gold coin weight
French manufacture, probably made in Paris |
1475 AD 'Sun in shield' Bronze uniface coin weight for the 'ecu au soleil' French gold coin French manufacture, probably made in Paris |
15thC Square brass Henry gold uniface angle coin weight from Low Countries or Germany Noble weight |
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1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type 1461 Gold Ecu found by Texas Dave |
17thC Lead token |
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Anglo-
gallic coin weight for the French ecu au soleil issued in 1475 AD |
14th/15thC
1/2 Gold Ryal - King with sword and shield standing in a ship type with
rose coin weight |
1422-61
AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type
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15thC
Gold Angel coin weight |
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Bronze
round Fleur De Lis uniface French weight used for the Florin ( 24 pence
coin ) ca 1350 - 1550. 3.07g |
15thC
Gold Ryal coin weight - shield in the boat type |
1464-70
King with sword and shield in ship - 1/2 Gold Ryal 3.30g |
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1422-
61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight
2.96g. Letters by the shield indicate French not English version. The
Gold Ecu was worth 4 shillings in England - Louis X1 Ecu d'or (1461-83)
found by Texas Dave |
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15thC Gold Angel coin weight |
Medieval unpublished coin weight Quatrefoil with shields 3.18g Weighes the same as a 1412- 1464 1/2 nobel |
1351-
1412 AD King with sword and shield in ship - 1/2 Gold Ryal (60gr) 55.2
gr |
1422-
61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight
2.96g. Letters by the shield indicate French not English version. |
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Stunning, Figure on horseback type. These are Low countries or German made coin weights for the low countries Rijder, rijdergulden 15.1 mm, 3.32g |
1422-
61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight.
Letters by the shield indicate French not English version. The Gold
Ecu was worth 4 shillings in England 2.49g, 14.71mm sq
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Superb Medieval square lead goldsmiths coin weight – Single Lis of 3 flowers in square obv shield Ref Rogers 3.21g |
Tiny square Sun in shield type coin weight 1.44g, 9.73mm sq Issued AD 1475 for the French gold ecu as soleil and 1/2 ecu Ecu was worth 4 shillings ( 48 pence in England) |
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1421 Gold Noble coin weight |
1475 French uniface gold 'ecu au soleil' coin weight - Hexagonal French issue with sun above 3 lis in a shield |
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15thC half Ryal coin weight - 15.90mm, 4.01g-61.9gn |
1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type |
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1475 AD 'Sun in shield' Bronze uniface coin weight for the 'ecu au soleil' French gold coin |
1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type |
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1422- 61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight. No Letters by the shield indicate English version. |
1421-1471 Fleur de lis gold half nobel coin weight |
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15thC Ango-gallic or French gold Noble coin weight - hexagonal flan type Ship obverse |
April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314 - Philippe IV gold coin weight for masse d'or King on throne seated facing, holding a sceptre Legend POIS A MASE Masse de Philippe le Bel, 10 January 1296, gold, 7.04g. Obv: "PhILIPPVS:DEI:GRA(cia):FRANChORVM:REX" "Philip, by the Grace of God, King of the French". |
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15thC Square brass Henry gold uniface angle coin weight from low countries or Germany |
1475 AD 'Sun in shield' Bronze uniface coin weight for the 'ecu au soleil' French gold coin |
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15th/16thC British Gold Nobel coin weight - Ship type with lis and Lion - Fleur de Lis on the stern
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14thC British Gold nobel lead coin weight - ship obverse |
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1293 – 22 August 1350 French coin weight for the couronne d'or of Philip VI |
14th/15thC 1/2 Gold Ryal - King with sword and shield standing in a ship type with rose coin weight
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15th/16thC 'Ship with 2 lions' type coinweight for the gold noble |
Medieval gold noble coinweight |
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1469-1504 Ferdinand and Isabella - British weight for an excellente 17.71mmsq, 6.21g |
15thC Angel coin coin weight - bent right leg Circa 1493 - British |
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Medeival ship type gold Nobel coin weight |
1475 AD 'Sun in shield' Bronze uniface coin weight for the 'ecu au soleil' French gold coin French manufacture, probably made in Paris |
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1422- 61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight 2.96g. Letters by the shield indicate French not English version. The Gold Ecu was worth 4 shillings in England |
Unknown medieval coin weight |
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1421 Fleur de lis and crown (incuse) Uniface coin weight |
15thC Angel coin coin weight - bent right leg Circa 1493 - British | ||
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1475 French uniface gold 'ecu au soleil' coin weight - Hexagonal French issue with sun above 3 lis in a shield
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1422- 61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight 2.96g. Letters by the shield indicate French not English version. |
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Tudor
1485-1603 |
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c16thC
Superb Gold Ryal brass single sided coin weight - rose on ship is for
Ryal - R in the field indicates weight for a Rose Noble or Ryal- 3.22g,
14.04mm |
16thC
Rose Ryal type |
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16thC
Ship with rose type - gold Ryal coin weight - German |
16thC
Ship uniface type- Henry VIII - gold Ryal coin weight |
Stunning dated 1581 coin weight not in the reference books but of the 16thC Antwerp hand type - unknown markers mark 2.69g,15.31mm sq |
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16thC
Gold angel coin weight |
1587
Rose Ryal coin weight |
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Elizabeth
1st half crown coin weight - Crown VI 1.5g |
1589
Antwerp hand coin weight |
16thC
Antwerp hand coin weight |
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16thC
Antwerp hand coin weight |
1584
Antwerp hand coin weight |
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1589
Antwerp hand coin weight |
16th
C coin weight cast c/a ship type 'Antwerp' bad condition |
16/17th
C sq brass coin weight Phillipsgulden rev. Antwerp hand |
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1577-1603 Antwerp hand coin weight - HF - Hanns Foncq, 3.15g, 15.38mm sq |
1578 Dutch low countries Antwerp hand coin weight - Cornelis Jansen 1564- 1604 - 4.98g, 15.37mm sq |
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16thC lead coin weight - Averdepois mark 1.48g,11.69mm dia |
1598 -1621 Cross of Burgundy type coin weight - Low countries for Albertijn coins |
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1587 Rose Ryal coin weight
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1576-9 Antwerp hand coin weight - Maker KI unknown |
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16thC Antwerp hand coin weight |
16thC Antwerp hand coin weight |
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c16thC Gold Ryal brass single sided coin weight - rose on ship is for Ryal - R in the field indicates weight for a Rose Noble or Ryal |
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16thC coin weight The crown of the double rose was popular coin in Europe. Many weight so this design were issued in Germany and the Low countries for both the crown issued 1526-44 48 grains Obv Crown/Rose EC Rev - This is an Antwerp hand type and dated 1578 maker Co
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16thC coin weight - Low countries for rijer, Burgundian rider or ridergulden | ||
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James
1st 1603-1625 |
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Monster gold coin weight- 1603 James 1st Rose Ryal coin weight - 33 shillings (390 pence) Obv XXXII |
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1619
-1625 Half laurel of James 1st - 3rd coinage coin weight 4.32g, value
10 shillings (120 pence) |
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1604-19 Coin weight for a Gold Double Crown of James 1st - 2nd coinage revalued 5.0g |
1619-25 Coin weight for a Gold Half Laural of James 1st - 3rd coinage
4.5g |
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Gold
Angel James 1st 2nd coinage
4.36g.15.81mm
sq coin weight
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Gold
Rose Ryal of James 1st - 3rd coinage ( 12.7gm) 12.05g, 20.09mm sq coin
weight |
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Gold
Angel James 1st 2nd coinage
4.36g.15.81mm
sq coin weight |
Facinating
coin weight - variation of a Scottish made thistle crown of James 1st
and from the same site as Texas Dave's gold find |
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1603
James 1st gold half Angel coin weight - obv Crown VS - Rev Angel |
1613 Half gold laurel of James 1st square coin weight , 3rd coinage 4.20g obv Crown XS, rev Roman bust |
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1603 James 1st, Gold Double crown, 2nd coinage, revalued coin weight - obv I.R.M BRITAN Rev Crown with XI S |
17thC
Portuguese Coin weight - P Withers |
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Gold
Rose Ryal of James 1st coinweight 1605 AD 12.19g - 21.36mm sq - Underweight
by 1.6 gams LOL |
1603
- James 1st gold Angel 2nd issue revalued coin weight XIs with crown
- 4.58g |
Facinating
find - 1603 AD James 1st coin weight clearly marked crown XIs for gold
Angel cpin ( 4.6g) but weight the same as as a James 1st Spur Ryal 6.85g
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1619-25
James 1st Angel, 3rd coinage coin weight 3.77g
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1619-25
Gold Laurel of James 1st, 3rd coinage coin weight XXs - 9,1g (actual
weight 8.46g)
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James 1st gold angel 2nd coinage revalued - XIs |
1604-5 Gold Double crown , James 1st 2nd coinage revalued coin weight 4.66g (coin weights 5g) |
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1619-25 Gold coin weight Half laurel of James I, 3rd Coinage 5.0 gm - Crown XS |
1604-5 James 1st gold Angel coin weight, 2nd coinage revalued - Crown XIs |
Shield of British Arms on Rose James 1st 1612 - 32 shilling coin weight - Rose Ryal XXXIII with crown obv shield |
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1604-17 Coin weight - Double crown gold coin , James 1st, 2nd coinage ,revalued (11 shillings) |
1603 James 1st gold Unite, 2nd coinage, revalued coin weight XXIIs - 22 shillings - 10gm |
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1603 James 1st coin weight - Britain crown, 2nd coinage |
1619 James 1st XIs Double crown gold coin weight -2nd coinage revalued |
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1604-19 Coin weight for a Gold Double Crown of James 1st - 2nd coinage revalued 5.0g |
1619-25 Coin weight for a Gold Half Laural of James 1st - 3rd coinage
4.5g |
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1610 James 1st coinweight - Crown XI S - Angel gold coin |
James 1st Double crown, 2nd coinage revalued coinweight XIs |
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Charles
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1625 Charles 1st silver half crown coin weight 14.35g, 23.76mm |
Charles
1st Unite coin weight 1625-49 |
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Charles
1st Gold Angel coin weight 3.58g - should be 4.2g LOL
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1645
Antwerp hand coin weight(b) |
Charles
1st coin weight |
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1645
coin weight
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17th
C coin weight Antwerp sq.type 46 grms Sword & Crown Jacob Jansen
De Backer 1688 |
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17thC Rose Ryal (Ship and Rose type) square brass gold coin weight from Antwerp the low countries, 3.3 g,16.65mm . Reverse hand with makers letters - possibly Bernaert Bommeres 1620 to 50 |
Great find - 1625 Charles 1st sixpence coin weight - 3gm Obv VI R D Rev VI C DE |
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Scottish made 1634 Charles 1st coin weight - These weights have the initals of James 1st but were made under Charles 1st Obv IIIIs beneath a crown Rev Thistle IR |
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Charles
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1660
Charles II gold half guinea coin weight |
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William
and Mary 1689-1694; William as William III to 1702 |
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Superb find 1694 William III guinea coin weight (m) |
1696 William III 1 Gold Guinea coin weight 8.07g, 20mm dia, 3.3mm T |
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1696
Willaim III gold guinea coin weight |
Louis XIV (1634-1715) - British made coin weigh for the Louis d'or gold coin ., known as a pistol or pistole. This example is a 1/2 pistole. |
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1680-96 6 pence silver bullion weight |
17thC Figure on horseback coin weight - low countries and Germany for rijder, Burgundian rider or rijdergulden |
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Anne
1702-1714 |
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Very
rare Queen Anne 1 guinea gold coin weight |
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Georgian |
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1760's
- 4 shillings and 6 pence coin weight 0.34g |
18
shilling 'Joannes series' coin weight 1765(z) |
1770's
- 21 shillings (Guinea) coin weight |
Birmingham
Guinea series c1760 1/2 Guinea coin weight |
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1773
Coin weight, Pennweights and grains - 2.16 = 10 shillings and 6 pence
which is a half guinea |
Post 1773 pennweights and grain coin weight Gold Guinea weight |
2 Escudo
Portuguse coin weight c 1765 AD |
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1760
AD - 18 shilling coin weight |
Geo
III ' up to 1st Jan 1772' 20 shilling and 6 pence coin weight pr 5.6
grains |
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1740
Portuguese moidor coin weight(b) |
1740
1/2 Moidor Portuguese Coin Weight cleaned up by Canadian Don |
Coin
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1765
Portuguese coin weight |
1760's
13 shillings and sixpence coin weight |
1760
- 5 shilling and 3 pence coin weight (1/4 gold guinea) |
1770's
4 shillings and 6 pence coin weight - written 4s6d |
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Weight
- 20 and crown - not researched it yet |
1720
Portuguese coin weight(b) |
17thC
bullion weight |
1770's bullion weight with Lion mark - 2 pennyweight 'Annulet' pennyweight type |
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1760's
10 shilling and 6 pence ( 1/2 guinea) coin weight 3.72g |
18thC
2 Pennyweight and 14 grain coin weight - half gold guinea
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1720-40 1/2 Moidor Portuguese gold coin weight
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18thC
5 pennyweights
and 8 grains coin weight - gold guinea |
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Superb,
French - Two castle and 2 Lions( arms of Spain) 4 reales coin weight
13.06g, 22.12mm XX VIG 4R ( 5 gr) |
Mid 18thC 18 shillings coin weight
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1770 George 1/4 gold guinea 5 shillings and 3 pence coin weight |
1770's bullion weight with Lion mark - 2 pennyweight 'Annulet' pennyweight type |
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9 shilling coin weight - 2 pennyweight 74 grains |
George III Bullion weight mid 1700's GIIIR - D G 5.8 refers to pennyweights and grains N.Biggs |
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Not found this type before, 5 pennyweight and 8 grain bullion weight 1770's pattern |
1770's pattern 18 shilling coin weight - S18 |
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18thC 2 pennyweight and 16 grains bullion weight |
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Unusual coin weight - not recorded |
1770- 12 pence coin weight |
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1770's 10s6D (10 shilings and 6 pence) gold half guinea coin weight |
1826 London guildhall coin weight
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1760-1773 - 27 shilling coin weight for 4000 reis (Moidore) Portuguese gold coin |
1770's 9 shilling coin weight |
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1760's £3 12 shilling coin weight - used to weigh the Portuguese moidore series of gold coins 28.11mm, 27.96g The name moidore is derived from Portuguese moeda de ouro, which literally meant "golden coin". |
18thC 5 shilling silver bullion weight - 5 V |
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1770 pattern 4 shilling and 6 pence coin weight |
1770's coinweight - 12 pence (1 shilling) Obv & Rev D XII |
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1760-1820 George III - 2 penny weight and 6 grains coin weight |
1770's 4 shillings and 6 pence coin weight 9 54 pence) Obv 4S 6D |
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Louis XIV 1643-1715 British made coin weight for the Louis d'or, known in England as apistol or Pistole Rev 1 PISTOL W |
1770's 5 shillings and 3 pence coin weight (1/4 gold guinea) | ||
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Apothecary
weights |
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17thC
apothecary weight - star type |
Medieval
Apothecary weight |
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17thC
apothecary weight |
18thC
- 2 Dram apothocaries weight |
17th
C cast c/a apothecaries weight 2 dram (8 grms) Script as 1111. Ref Biggs
Apothecaries Weights. |
19thC 2 drachms Apothecaries Weight Ref Biggs Apothecaries Weights. |
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18th/19thC
1 dram apothecary weight |
17th
C cast c/a apothecaries weight 2 dram (8 grms) Script as 1111. Ref Biggs
Apothecaries Weights. |
Roman
Apothecary weight |
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19thC
2 scruples apothecary weight |
17th/18thC apothecary weight 1 dram |
18thC
bullion weight 2.87g |
19thC
1/2 scruples apothecary weight |
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18th/19thC
apothecary weight |
18thC
apothecary weight |
17thC
1 dram apothecary weight |
17th/18thC
1/2 dram apothecary weight |
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| 17thC Apothecary weight |
Medieval lead apothecary weight 2.38g,11.87 mm sq - |
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17thC 1/2 scruple apothecary weight |
17thC Apothecary weight |
17thC Apothecary weight |
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18thC bullion weight |
18thC
bullion weight |
Victorian 8 grams apothecary weight |
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17thC apothecary weight |
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