CLOSING DATE

8 December

2011

MAILBID 57 weights and scales auction

SIMMONS GALLERY

Italian and Dutch & other weights

COIN SCALES

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413 Lvigi di Francia weight

Italian-made weights

- France Double Louis d’Or, LVIGI DI FRANCIA crowned arms of France & Navarre rev. blank 24.7mm. 15.33gm. gVF
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414 Lvigi di Francia ctm wreath

- France Louis d’Or, LVIGI DI FRANCIA crowned arms of France & Navarre rev. blank ctm wreath 23.7mm. 7.66gm. nEF
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415 - Hungary Ducat, ZECHINI ET ONGARI star above rev. blank 17.9mm. 3.48gm. EF c. 1800
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416 Zechini et ongari star nVF weight - Hungary Ducat, ZECHINI ET ONGARI star above rev. blank 17.1mm. 3.48gm. nVF c. 1800
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417 Quarto Spagna crown arms weight - Spain 2 Escudos, QUARTO SPAGNA crowned Spanish arms rev. blank 23.2mm. 6.73gm. VF c. 1800
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418 Doppia spagna weight - Spain 2 Escudos, DOPPIA SPAGNA crowned Spanish arms rev. blank 21.3mm. 6.75gm. VF c. 1800
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419 Doppia spagna weight - Spain 2 Escudos, DOPPIA SPAGNA crowned Spanish arms rev. blank 22.6mm. 6.73gm. gVF c. 1800
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420 Doblon Stampe E Spagn winged face

Papal - for foreign coin

Spain 4 Escudos, DOBLON STAMPE . E . SPAGN winged face rev. Papal arms of Alexander VII 1655-87 30.5mm. 13.44gm. VF
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421 NL English angel weight

Netherlands - for foreign coin

NL - English Angel, St Michael killing dragon rev, blank square 16.2mm 4.66gm. nVF

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422 NL English Noble weight NL - English Noble, stylised ship rev, blank ctm. ,? Lombardic Y or a shield with ?? square 16.4mm 6.29gm. gF. We cannot match with anything in Houben
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423 NL GG half rose ryal weight Netherlands Amsterdam, G G= Gerrit Geens, English or Netherlands half Rose Ryal, King holding shield in ship H on hull rev. 1623 star and crescent GG below square 15.7mm. 3.23gm. nVF
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424 English half angel AI Netherlands, Antwerp, AI= ?, English Half Angel, St Michael killing dragon rev, hand A I square 16.4mm 2.25gm. gF
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425 NL C ecu au Soleil weight Netherlands, Antwerp, C =?, France Ecu au Soleil, sun in crowned shield rev. hand ?C to left steel above and pellet to right (as Houben fig 399) square 14.8mm. 2.99gm. English metal detector find from Burton & Dalby Leicestershire (PAS number LEIS2E91E4) condition VG
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426 NL half france POIS IV weight NL- France Half Franc, bronze oblong weight with two sides smooth and the other two rather rough, cross with lis terminals, POIS at top and IV at left side - other parts of the inscription missing 21.2x16.1 mm. 6.10gm. This looks early but the type of cross is more associated with the silver ecu and fractions - gF
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Bullion weights

427

 Antwerp 6 esterlings 6 annulets Antwerp 6 Esterlings, six annulets rev. ctm. hand and B square 14.7mm. 9.24gm. VF
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428 5 annulets ctm hand & B square weight Antwerp 5 Esterlings, five annulets rev. ctm. hand & B square 15.5mm. 7.69gm. VF
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429 4 annulets ctm hand and B square Antwerp 4 Esterlings,four annulets rev. ctm. hand and B square 17mm. 6.15gm. VF
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430 3 annulets ctm hand & B square Antwerp 3 Esterlings, three annulets rev. ctm. hand & B square 15.4mm. 4.62gm. VF
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431 5 annulets ctm Z rev 5 pellets 5 Esterlings, five annulets ctm. Z rev. five pellets square 15.8mm. 7.55gm. VF
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432 3 annulets ctm Z square 3 Esterlings?, three annulets ctm. Z rev. blank square 15.3mm. 4.60gm. VF stained
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433 2 annulets ctm crowned lis square France?, 2 Deniers, two annulets rev. ctm. crowned lis square 14.5mm. 3.07gm. gVF
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434 nin pellets ctm rose ?9 Deniers, nine pellets ctm. ? rev. ctm. rose 16.5mm. 13.86gm. nVF
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435 3 flowers 7 petals square weight 3 Esterlings?, three flowers (7 petals) rev. blank square 15.4mm. 4.61gm. VF
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436 3 annulets c 3 Esterlings?, three annulets rev. blank oblong 17.9x10.6 mm. 4.54gm. VF
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Balances

437

Folding balance beam loop terminals

 Medieval folding balance beam 101mm. with simple loop terminals, folding to 46mm.. well made in bronze with simple decoration - probably 13-14th century
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438 11 piece long set weights (Scottish?) Mahogany box with wire hinges and hook catch containing scale with steel beam with swan neck terminals, Weights are a complete set of Withers 1780, triangle, pellet & line border, value only type (11 piece set). These are not worn yet not well made - several are weakly struck in parts and a number have die cracks. There is a label referring to post 1772 Guineas - weights are given together with a value discount. The weights are possibly Scottish (when compared with the Gardner set) and all are very rare - only 5 were recorded by Withers. box 150x67x27.5mm
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439 Oak box James Jackson set Oak box with wire hinges and hook catch containing scale with steel beam with swan neck terminals, 7 weights are a part set of Withers 1755 (a, b, c, e, f, g &h)the James Jackson set of 1810, clean label with ‘directions how to use hydrostatical scales’ on lid named James Jackson High Street Birmingham box 138x58 mm. weights nEF
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440 Oake Box 3 weights Oak box with wire hinges and hook catch containing scale with brass beam with swan neck terminals, Weights are a Guinea (W2122D), Half Guinea x2 (W2122G) & Third Guinea S 7 incuse ctm crown rev. similar (Not in Withers - very rare) box 152x70 mm. weights nEF
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441 Fruit wood box scale and weights Fruit wood box with rounded corners, wire hinges, containing scale with steel beam and swan neck terminals, the pans need re- stringing, a well compartment for weights with Guinea (W1975D) and Half Guinea (W1975G), a small compartment with a sliding lid for grain weights this containing 3 weights (6, 4 &3 grains brass plate weights) box 135x51 mm. weights gVF
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442 Pan and plate type folding balance

Pan and plate type folding balance in a wide mahogany box, mechanism with steel beam, box has places for 5 knobbed weights but only with guinea, sovereign and half sovereign, Overall good condition no label c. 1815-20 130x40mm. box
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443 Dutton & Smith scale box Mahogany scale box with a clean label of Dutton & Smith 248 Tooley St London Bridge late Vincent & Chancellor, a steel beam with swan neck terminals and brass pans (beam 149 mm.), together with coin weights W1672j (EF), 1975D(VF), 1975G (VF) & 1686H (F), Box and scale VF. The company was at this address 1809-26 box 170x80x29mm.
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444 Single turn folding blanace Daniel Robinson

Single turn folding balance to weigh Guineas, wooden box probably not Mahogany, clean labels Made by Daniel Robinson Prescot Lancashire, the inside of the lid marked in ink James Wright (probably the owner) box 136mm.

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445 Wilkinson single turn folding balance guineas Single turn folding balance to weigh Guineas, Mahogany box, clean label A. Wilkinson, Ormskirk, late Kirkby Near Liverpool, box 135mm.
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446 De Grave & Co single turn folding balance for sovereigns Single turn folding balance to weigh Sovereigns, Mahogany box clean labels of De Grave & Co St Martin Le Grand London box 141mm. with slight chip on edge
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447 Haughton single turn folding balance for sovereigns Single turn folding balance to weigh Sovereigns, Mahogany box clean labels of Stephen Haughton & Son Ormskirk, Successors to A Wilkinson, box 139mm.
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