Coin???

[jimzz977]

Well got a new pouch and was transfering all my stuff from one pouch to another and this dropped out, I remembered I found it at a street tearout and thought its was Canadian penny so threw it in the pouch but in one of the small pockets . Any info ?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[can_slaw]

It's a really cool "token" of sorts!
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=19329

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1847-Brass-APOTHECARY-WEIGHT-ONE-DRAM-W-T-A-BEAUTIFUL-18-mm-/183046463369

Congrats on the find.

 

[Tony in SC]

Great find!! It's an apothecary weight!! Official weight for a scale when the measure had to be precise.

 

[jimzz977]

Thanks, solved

 

[trdking]

Super cool!

 

[Mackaydon]

W and TA stands for William and Thomas Avery who created a company with that name in 1818; the company was sold to General Electric in 1979.
Don......

 

[GeoW]

Well got a new pouch and was transfering all my stuff from one pouch to another and this dropped out, I remembered I found it at a street tearout and thought its was Canadian penny so threw it in the pouch but in one of the small pockets . Any info ?View attachment 1572921View attachment 1572922

That is a scale weight.

 

[azdirtdigger]

Wow, you find cool stuff even when you're not detecting!

 

[jimzz977]

I know , I just need this luck when a play the lotto