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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, Balance Adjuster of the Crown Treasury and de la Banque de France” and handwritten annotations in ink.
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