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Description: | Cast copper alloy (probably brass) trade weight, with lead plugging, dating between c1830 and c1970AD. Diameter is 25mm. The stamps are difficult to read as they have been over struck. It appears to be a 1/2 ounce measure. The royal cypher marks are nearly illegible as the weight has been retested and the original mark overstruck, presumably when the lead pugging was added to the rear to correct the weight. The plugging should also have marks struck into them to prove the weight is officially corrected. Their absence may be due to ageing or the result of lead being removed by an unscrupulous trader. Many of the PAS records for similar weights show evidence of 'shaving' on their undersides. The visible cypher seems to be V (or VV) R surmounted with a crown. This appears to overlie earlier marks that seem to contain the letters H & G. Weights were used until very recently when they were effectively outlawed by European regulations.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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