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Bullion Weights by Norman Biggs

Bullion Weights by Norman Biggs  

Soft back, 64 pages, Illustrated B&W, 15cm x 21cm.

Weights for weighing precious metal in bullion/coin from Anglo-Saxon and Viking modern times.

One of a series, see also

Z27AW - Antique Weights

Z27VM - Verification Marks on Weights

Contents:

  • Bullion weights
  • Anglo Saxon 6th to 9th centuries
  • Late Saxon and Viking, 9th to 11th centuries
  • Weights for payments in silver c. 970-1340
  • Goldsmiths weights, Medieval and Tudor
  • Cup-weights, c.1600-1850
  • Pennyweights c.1600-1850
  • Grain weights c.1600-1850
  • Decimal Troy system, 1853 onwards
  • Pennyweights, c. 1850 onwards
  • Grain weights, c. 1850 onwards
  • For bulk coin, before 1816
  • Bank weights for sovereigns 1817-1916
  • Bank weights for bagged coin, 20th century
  • Bank weights for notes
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Verification marks
  • Notes for collectors
Bullion Weights by Norman Biggs
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
 
     

This book is one of a series developed from the authors earlier book English weights: an illustrated survey. That book contains an outline of weights of all types and periods, without in any sense claiming completeness.