Artist: Johann Daniel Vom Berg
Date: 1700
Museum: Jewish Museum Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
Technique: Brass
Many money changers worked in the Judengasse Frankfurt. Because the value of coins was based on the weight of the metal, scales were the money changers’ most important instrument. Because Jews often worked in professions dealing with money transactions, they were generally very familiar with the various types of money in circulation. For a fee they would weigh the foreign coins and convert them into the required currency.
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