Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Counting machine
Object Number:
2002.1.3465
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
10 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Description:
A dark metal coin counting device with a resevoir for each size coin including dollars and half-dollars as well as quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Each coin area has a scale indicating the value of the stack and a corresponding key that activates a spring loaded lever, possbiliy for forcing the coins into paper sleeves. This machine may be incomplete.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
