Character Readings - Your Future?
Shown here is an old fashioned scale that when working would pull up a random fortune to go along with your heftiness. Lest you get a free fate, the window currently reads "Your Fortune Shown Here." All this costs just a penny, and you deposit the coin into one of twelve slots based on your birth month.
This was made by the American Scale Mfg Co of Washington, DC and there were several variants produced similar to this one in the 1930's. This one is seen in front of an antique shop on the town square in Huntingdon, TN. Based on condition, they sell on internet auctions for about $200.
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