- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated.
- Physical material
- Brass and steel
- Inventory No
- 39595
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
Steel balance with two brass pans with one scale much heavier than the other. Both are certified weights. The coin is placed in the lighte pan and the deviation of the coin from true is shown by the position of the notches of the curved bar attached to the beam in relation to the suspension bracket.
