Money weighing box - Lot 660

Lot 660
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Money weighing box - Lot 660
Money weighing box It has 11 weights or denerals, a scale, and slat weights for the extra weight. It is marked in the name of Jacques Blanc Rue Tupin in Lyon, active from 1668 to 1685. This Lyon balance will leave the capital of Gaul because of the repression of the Protestants, and will settle in Geneva until 1702. It is composed of : Florence, half, doppia and double (indicated Pistole d'Italia) Spain, ecu, double and quadruple gold ecu (indicated Spanish Pistol) Spain, ducat and double ducat of gold of Ferdinand and Isabella (indicated Ducat) France, quarter ecu, ecu and a half golden ecu in the sun of Francis I These boxes made it possible to know the weight of the coins of the time and to check if they had not been trimmed to recover the gold. Walnut 17.5 x 7 cm France XVIIth century
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