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Description: | A cast, copper alloy, bi-face bullion weight, dating from 1700-1853AD. The weight is roughly square and is rectangular in section. All four edges are slightly bevelled and carry file marks. Each side is marked with four small annulets, one in each corner, and a central cartouche bearing the design of a lion. The four annulets indicate that this is a four pennyweight bullion weight, though at 5.78gm it is slightly below the 6,24gm (96 grains) of the standard weight. (Note: the pennyweight ceased to be a legal measure for bullion in 1853). The weight has a light brown patina. It is 15.3mm long 14.6mm wide and 3.6mm thick. It weighs 5.78gm. Similar weights are illustrated in Biggs, Bullion Weights: An Outline Catalogue, page 20 and identical examples may be found on the database at references IOW-32C0D3 and IOW-251CD5.
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