CHANGER BOX from the Crown Treasury and the Bank of France

France, around 1820

Brass, in its original wooden box

Long. : 17.5; L.: 5.5 cm

Complete changer's scale, with its beam, trays and weights.

Label inside the lid, stating “At the crowned P Rue St Denis, No. 73, opposite that of the Lombards, at the corner of the small Place Gastine, Charpentier, Balancing Adjuster of the Crown Treasury and de la Banque de France” and handwritten annotations in ink.

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