BG2:  German Coin Scale


German coin scale and weight box, 1651. Box is 14.8 cm long x 8.4 cm wide x 3.6 cm high, and steel beam is 12 cm long with 4.8 cm diameter brass pans. The box has 36 of 40 weights. The box label is handwritten in ink "Waag und Gewicht Macht M. Mattheis Medtman wonende zü Collen im Däell: Anno 1651". The triangular pan is marked with the initials "T. M." plus 3 arrows crossed, which is Tönnes Medtman, 1603-1649. Identified by Lavagne..