Colonial coin/apothecary weight?

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Did some digging at a late 18th century house yesterday and dug this small brass item. Its about 12mm in diameter and weighs 1.6 grams. It appears to be made of brass. There is a threaded hole in the middle of it which confuses me since it would appear to be a coin weight. Maybe it was re-purposed into a nut at some point. I am guessing without the hole in it the weight would be around 2 grams. Has anyone seen a coin weight or apothecary weight that looked like this?
 

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As per my todays finds comment.
 

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