Museums · West Midlands
Birmingham Assay Office
In or near Birmingham.
Birmingham Assay Office — one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom.
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About
Birmingham Assay Office is a museum in west midlands. Established 1877. (One of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom.) Wikipedia notes: "The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, is located in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. The development of a silver industry in 18th century Birmingham was hampered by the legal requirement that items of solid silver be assayed, and the nearest Assay Offices were in Chester and London.". Coordinates 52.4837°, -1.9061°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 52.4837, -1.9061
- Established
- 1877
Sources
- wikidata: Q4916599 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Birmingham Assay Office (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Birmingham Assay Office - Newhall Street - Birmingham - 2005-10-13.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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