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Balance
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Coin balance mounted on a wooden box. The beam has swan box ends that are made of iron. The drawer contains the weights and one smaller, handheld coin balance. There are 62 square tapered weights, 2 nested weights, and 13 fraction weights. The fraction weights fit into a recess with a hinged lid. A pair of forceps in the drawer (as well as a double-hooked hanger) is used to lift the weights on and off the balance pan. The drawer has carved recesses for the large and small balances. The weights are marked with the name of the coins with which they correspond.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineBalance. Kolb, Tobias Martin. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
