Coin Scale
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: 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."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miles Davis in memory of Audrey B. Davis, Ph.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0240.36
label: accession number
content: 2011.0240
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0240.36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 9.5 cm x 2 cm; 15/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: 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