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Pocket Coin Balance, by A. Wilkinson, Ormskirk, 18th Century

Inventory Number 43149


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43149

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by T.E. Swaine.
Primary inscriptions
"A. WILKINSON, ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE" [printed label in box].
Physical material
Brass and steel
Dimensions
Height: 152mm Width: 40mm Depth: 18mm
Inventory No
43149
Accession Number
1954-9

Description

Brass see-saw pattern which opens up when the hinged lid of its box is fully opened. Coin with instrument is a brass one cent Queen Victoria Canada 1876.