Anyone Care To Guess What This Is | Apothecaries Weight

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GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 11:27 pm I got this in with a group of foreign coins It is about the size of a U.S. small cent Anyone care to make a guess, as to what it is. Staff edit: Identified, moved to the Tokens, Medals, and other Exonumia Section Report this Post to the Staff

allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 02/07/2014 11:31 pm It is a apothecaries weight. They were used to measure out medicine when pharmacists used to hand mix prescriptions. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 12:00 am They have their fans..... http://www.apothecariesweights.com/ Report this Post to the Staff
Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 12:04 am I posted two a while back, not knowing what they were. Couldn't find them in my archives though. Report this Post to the Staff
Henry M Smith Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 02:00 am I am guessing from the crown it is from the UK. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 02:35 am Correct; "W & T A" is W. & T. Avery Ltd, a British weight and balance-maker. On the website amida17 linked to, click on "catalogue" and scroll down to number 1220 and you will see the whole set of 19th century W&TA weights. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Harry213 Pillar of the Community United States 1074 Posts	Posted 03/15/2014 01:45 am Very cool find, I found one in a coin lot myself once. The one I found was made in the U.S. though, and from the turn of the century (1900). Yours I believe is a bit more scarce. The cool thing about these is they are not just collected by token enthusiasts but also medical and pharmacutical antiques collectors. Congrats. Report this Post to the Staff
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