“WEIGHT-LESS” SELF-INDICATING DUCAT SCALE OUTFIT, German (Nuremberg), mid-18th century. This cleverly designed scale has a decoratively shaped cut steel beam 4-3/8″ (11 cm) long, with suspension yoke, pointer, and integral arch cut with six tiny notches. Green silk strings support the two turned brass pans, one of which is heavier than the other (by exactly one Ducat’s weight), and stamped with the coin’s design, showing a figure holding an orb and scepter, and with the letters “HD” (for the
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