Josh “Captain Redbeard” Scott (Follow @redbeardsrelics — instagram.com/redbeardsrelics)
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Here is something you don’t see every day! Dated to 1673, this set of French merchants’ scales is 100% complete and would have been used every day to verify the authenticity of any silver or gold coin. It is beyond rare to find a complete set like this with every weight.
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2 thoughts on “17th Century French Merchants Scale”
This is interesting. I saw a similar item being sold on Pawnstars a few years ago. Maybe this is the same one?
I just checked and found that this was not the same item as shown on Pawn Stars which can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXgvVXf59g&t=19s
This link may be a no no so please ignore if it is and if it is, don’t include either of my two comments. Thanks