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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy trade weight from the reign of George III or IV. The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. It is 28.8mm in diameter by up to 5.8mm thick and weighs 19.55 grams, 0.687oz. It has probably lost weight through corrosion and damage and was originally a three-quarters of an ounce weight.It would have originally been part of a set of weights and bears official marks showing it was made in London and verified by the founders' company allowing it to be used in markets and shops as an official weight. A crowned letter G (for George) is located at 3 o'clock, the sword of St Paul (for London) at around 12 o'clock, a A for averdupois at 9 o'clock, and an ewer (for the founders' company who had a Royal charter to verify trade weights) is located at 6 o'clock. Such is the conventional arrangement of marks in the reigns of George II and IV up until 1826 (Biggs 1992, 52). There is a central punch mark on the lower surface, presumably a centring mark made during manufacture.
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