English Pocket Coin Scale for Counterfeit Detection

19th century, all brass construction, the arm marked SIMMONS while the base is stamped SOVEREIGN WARRANTED, the instrument with two slotted pans, one for the gold sovereign and another for the half-sovereign.

3/4 x 1 x 3-3/4 in.

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Some light spots of verdigris; fine condition.