Significance

Sovereigns are no longer used as currency in Australia.

Physical description

Brass balance for weighing one soveriegn and half sovereigns.
Contained in a small orange coloured cardboard box which opens in half.

Inscriptions & markings

A 'crown' etched on the left of the fulcrum and 'sovereign' and 'warranted' etched in the first circle and 'sovereign' '1/2' ( half) on the second circle.
Box has writing " Improved sovereign balance\To weigh and gauge soveriegns and half sovereigns\Being so exact that no conterfeit can possibly go through the gauge\of sufficient weight to turn the balance."