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It weighs 1000 grains. This is equivalent to 64.79891 grams, or 2.08333 troy ounces, or 2.28571429 ounces avoirdupois.
There are 480 grains in a troy ounce, the troy ounce being the unit most commonly used to weigh silver. There are 7000 grains in an avoirdupois pound, which is commonly used in the US, and 64.79891 milligrams in a grain.
A Troy ounce is heavier because there are only 14.58333 Troy ounces in a pound whereas the "normal" (avoirdupois) ounces are 16 in a pound. 1 lb. = 16 oz. Avoirdupois 1 lb. = 7000 grains 1 ounce Troy = 480 grains 7000 / 480 = 14.58333 ounces Troy per 1 lb.
about 31.1 grams
August 15, 2009 1 pound Avoirdupois = 454 grams 1 silver dime weighs 2.5 grams 1 pound Avoirdupois = 181.6 dimes 1 dime contains .07234 troy ounces of silver 181.6 dimes contain 13.13 troy ounces of silver Silver = $14.71 per troy ounce 181.6 dimes are worth $193.24 today
One troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, and is pretty much only used to weigh precious metals. Compare this with the common ounce (or avoirdupois ounce), which is 28.3495 grams and is used to weigh just about everything else.
It weighs 1000 grains. This is equivalent to 64.79891 grams, or 2.08333 troy ounces, or 2.28571429 ounces avoirdupois.
There are 1.097 avoirdupois ounces in one troy ounce.
2.2lbs avoirdupois is 32.083 troy ounces.
There are 16 ounces in an avoirdupois pound.One avoirdupois pound is equal to a regular pound.
gold weight 68.1 grains in avoirdupois equall in troy grains
Troy weight was so named from Troyes in France where it was first adopted in Europe. The Troy Ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. One Troy ounce is about 10% heavier than the common Avoirdupois ounce. Avoirdupois is the system of weights using the pound of 16 ounces. Troy weight is the system of weights used for Gold, Silver and Jewels with twelve ounces to the pound. 1. All the "grains" (Av. and Troy -- see 3. below) weigh 0.0648 metric grams. 2. One avoirdupois oz. is 0.9115 troy oz.; one troy oz. is 1.0971 avoirdupois oz. 3. Troy oz. are their own weight system for precious metals. See the Related Link "Weight Converter" for a good online conversion page for many systems.
Regardless of what is being measured, one Troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams, which is larger than the ounce generally in use in the United States and has a mass of 28.35 gramson is correct.
Troy ounces.
It is a system of weights, the most commonly used in the USA. A second system is Troy which is used to weigh precious metals. So, if you hear 'He weighs 200 pounds", that's avoirdupois pounds. But, if you have a coin that has 1 ounce of gold in it, that's 1 troy ounce.
Troy Weight
A pound troy is 12 ounces; an avoirdupois pound is 16 ounces. 200x16/12=3200/12=266.66.