Demonstration of the Fairbanks' Infallible Coin Scale an anti-counterfeit device, patented in 1882.
Channel: American Numismatic Society
Date: 2015-03-28

This film looks at one of the more clever anti-counterfeiting devices in the collection of the American Numismatic Society. the Fairbanks' Infallible Coin Scale a counterfeit detection device, patented in 1882.   Read more in our ANS pocketchange blog. http://numismatics.org/pocketchange/fairbanks-infallible-coin-scale/

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