File:Balance, coin (AM 1931.526-15).jpg

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Balance, coin   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Simmons, T.
Title
Balance, coin
Object type Weights & measures T & E
Classification: NM3.9827
Description
English: Coin balance (brass) sovereign balance stored in a cardboard box; two coin cradles with engraved text- SOVEREIGN - WARRANTFT; SOVEREIGN - 1-2; balance shaft has engraved initials "T.S"; top of balance weight is engraved with a crown; base of balance is engraved with the text SOVEREIGN - WARRANTFT in a circular shape with a crown in the middle; balance is stored in a pull-apart red box, with green paper instructions adhered to the top, title of instructions- "T. Simmons's Improved Sovereign Balance"; base of box has an pebbled orange, green and red support piece; interior of box is plain cardboard.
Date 1931; Pre 1931; 13 Oct 1931
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width: 28mm
height: 20mm
depth: 21mm
length: 96mm
width: 23mm

length: 100mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1931.526
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1931.526, col.0995
Notes coin balance used to measure sovereigns
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