Description

King George III Reign, 1760-1820.

Coin weight 5.8 Dw. Gr (5 pennyweights and 8 grains).

Obverse:  G III R. (George Regina 3rd). Countermark: Ewer. The ewer (a small water pitcher symbol) was used as a civic or guild stamp—most notably by the Worshipful Company of Founders—during the late 17th and 18th centuries.

Brass, 22mm.

Merchants, bankers, and assayers used these small brass weights with a balance scale to check that a gold Guinea coin had not been clipped, shaved, or worn below its legal weight.

Grade: VF.