Small leather-covered wooden box containing ten brass weights. Each weight is inscribed with letters and numbers. A slide covers a collection of ten (originally twelve) smaller silver weights, the largest of which is marked 128. Paper label on front of box labeled "German weights for coins".

Obverse: profile portrait of Max Planck; "MAX PLANCK 1858-1947" around perimeter. Reverse: bird/gryphon; "2" and "1958" under image and "BUNDESREPUBLIK . DEUTSCHLAND . DEUTSCHEMARK" around perimeter. Edge: "EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT"

Obverse: bas-relief, profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin with "LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST" around perimeter. Reverse: Liberty Bell in center with "E. PLURIBUS UNUM" to the left and an eagle to the right. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR" around perimeter.