Post your Apothecary and Coin Weights here

[Steve in PA]

I have found two. The first one is a coin weight that I found on a French & Indian War site. I had a Pharmacist friend (since passed) who had a complete set in a small wooden box with an identical weight. The box also had a small scale and a paper label written in French. My friend sent pictures to Ivor Noel Hume in Colonial Williamsburg who identified it as a coin weight set and the maker as operating in Paris starting in 1749 until ?. Unfortunately I can't find my copy of Hume's response, and my friends wife can't find the scale now



The next one I just found this spring at a Circa 1800 home site. I don't have much information on it, but believe it to be an Apothecary weight.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Wow! These must be rarer than I thought! Seems nobody has any to post

 

[sutphin]

DAMN NICE WEIGHTS STEVE.

 

[snaps]

Steve, Heres the couple i found

I dug the big round one and tossed it aside, my friends convincing me that it was a "furniture coaster", then I noticed one A guy had at a gun show, who detected alot in the U.K. Didnt have mine to show him, and never found out much about it. Theres a ''GR'' stamped on it, and Im thinking a King George approved it.found at a 1790s house. Not sure if its a coin weight or a trade weight. the other Im thinking is an apothecary weight, never found out much about it or how to decipher the symbols on it. found it at a union camp. I really like the ones you dug, an I guess they are kind of a rare dig in the states. thanks an happy hunting Snaps
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[smokeythecat]

I do not believe I have ever dug one!

 

[snaps]

Ive dug three total. the third was a little chicklet-size brass an said "1Dram" on it. Gave that one to my brother who uses it as part of a display in his history class. i got it the first year I got into detecting, but none of my hunting buddies have found one. Of course theyve got plenty of stuff Ive never dug....

 

[Steve in PA]

I dug the big round one and tossed it aside, my friends convincing me that it was a "furniture coaster", then I noticed one A guy had at a gun show, who detected alot in the U.K. Didnt have mine to show him, and never found out much about it. Theres a ''GR'' stamped on it, and Im thinking a King George approved it.found at a 1790s house. Not sure if its a coin weight or a trade weight. the other Im thinking is an apothecary weight, never found out much about it or how to decipher the symbols on it. found it at a union camp. I really like the ones you dug, an I guess they are kind of a rare dig in the states. thanks an happy hunting Snaps

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Thanks for posting! I am not an authority whatsoever on these weights, but there are a few people on this forum who have dug quite a few and are pretty knowledgeable. Hopefully they will chime in on yours.

 

[toasted]

Found two this weekend. Almost as good a find as colonial silver because when you find these there is probably colonial silver nearby

 

[Steve in PA]

Found two this weekend. Almost as good a find as colonial silver because when you find these there is probably colonial silver nearby

You're getting a nice collection together there Toasted

 

[bonepicker]

Here are my favorite two. the coin weight is French. I think it weighs 1.4 grams, and it could date back to the 16th century according to the Colchester website.
The larger lead one weighs exactly a quarter pound, it has an eagle with a date on it. Looks like 1838 or 9. I believe it is a trade weight.

 

[Rubka888]

This one is aa William III with sword and Ewer. Sword meaning it was made in London and Ewer was the London Foundry stamp approving the weight. So cool!