Act of Union troy weights,

[craigy]

saw this on the Royal Mint Museum Facetube page, this is the text to go with the picture,    they are beautiful 

 

Although the Mint Museum has many coins – and even some punches and dies – from Isaac Newton’s time as Master of the Mint during the early eighteenth century, few other items have survived from this period that relate to the Mint. One such item, however, that has come down to us is the handsomely engraved set of troy weights illustrated here.

This nest of master weights is dated 1707. The date is significant, the weights having been prepared in the wake of the Act of Union with Scotland to ensure that the coinages struck north and south of the border conformed to the same standard. But not only is the set attractive in its own right, it symbolises the importance of accuracy when producing a gold and silver coinage, an element of Mint production that was important to Newton and is no less important today

Edited September 6, 2018 by craigy

[Colin88]

beautiful......