It's a standard weight for weighing gold dust on an old jeweller's balance scale.
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∙ 13y ago1 pound (troy or apothecary) = 0.823 avoirdupois pounds.
About one-third of a troy ounce.
The troy ounce (ozt) is 480 grains. There are 12troy ounces per troy pound.
2.5 grams = 0.08037685815 of a troy oz
32150Troy Ounce:The traditional unit of weight for precious metals and gems.1 troy ounce = 480 grains1 troy ounce = 24 scruples1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights (North American jewelery trade)1 troy ounce = 1.097 ordinary ounce1 troy ounce = 8 drams1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams.1 troy ounce = 120 carats1 troy ounce = 155.52 metric carats (diamonds / precious stones).3.75 troy ounces = 10 tolas (Indian sub-continent)6.02 troy ounces = 5 taels (Hong Kong)12 troy ounce=1 troy pound14.583 troy ounce =16 avoirdupois ounce (1Pound)32.15 troy ounces = 1 kilogramme (Kilo)32,150 troy ounces = 1 metric ton (1,000 kilos)1000 troy ounces = 31.1 kilogramshttp://www.goldcalculator.com/index_files/page0033.htm
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what is a gold rectengled meyers& Co 1OZ troy 18.00
It is 14.5 troy ounces.2.5 troy ounces over a troy pound =12 troy ounces. Yes,the 16 AVDP piece does weigh one US pound.
It is just a silver round. Worth a little more than the spot price of the silver.
About $20 at current precious-metal prices
About $20 at current precious-metal prices
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About $20 at current precious-metal prices
Since troy ounces are a different measure from standard ounces, you would need about 14.583 troy ounces to equal one pound (16 avoirdupois ounces).
It depends what the metal is, troy ounces are units of measurements like inches, grams, tons, etc. Usually precious metals are given in troy ounces but without knowing which metal you are talking about, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc. it is impossible to state the price.
Gold and all precious metal are measured in Troy ounces, which vary slightly from common or Avoirdupois ounces. A troy ounce is equal to 31.1034768 grams. Incidentally, a Troy POUND has 12 ounces, not sixteen. PS- at the close of trading on Friday, 15 October, a troy ounce of gold was $1368.90
Famous industrial designer Gilbert Rohde was among the first American innovators who worked with bent metal to create innovative furniture designs. His earliest tubular steel design was manufactured by the Troy Sunshade Co. of Troy, Ohio, in 1931.