Troy Ounces facts
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The largest gold nugget ever found weighed gross, over 2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb) net.
how troy ounces in a pound?
The Bretton Woods Currency plan after ww2 made the dollar the most important currency and fixed a troy ounce of gold at 35 dollars giving the U.S. 100% control of the worlds gold reserves, by the time Nixon ended the conversion the U.S. controlled only 22% of the world's gold reserve
What is 10 troy ounces of silver worth?
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what are troy ounces?
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There are different kinds of ounces. Ounces as we know them are called avoirdupois, where measurements used for precious metals are called Troy ounces.
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The Avoirdupois ounce is lighter than the Troy ounce, but the Avoirdupois pound is heavier than the Troy pound
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The North American standard ounce is known by trade as the ounce avoirdupois, to differentiate it from the troy and imperial ounces
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One ounce of a precious metal(S)/gemstone(s) weighs more than one ounce of anything else. These are measured using Troy weight and not Avoirdupois weight.
