Currency balance

Coin balance. Steel, equal-armed coin balance with brass pans suspended on silk chords from swan necks. In sharkskin-covered box with an empty compartment for the weights.

Object Details

ID: TOA0056
Collection: Testing, measuring and design instruments
Type: Currency balance
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 18th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 145 x 65 x 20 mm
Parts: Currency balance