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Is one pound of meat equal to one pound of gold?
Examining the question for some aspects of gold and meat: 1. A solid block of one Avoirdupois pound of each substance would not be the same size in area or volume. 2. They would be the same weight if both were weighed in Avoirdupois ounces or pounds. However gold is customarily weighed in Troy ounces/pounds which are slightly heavier than the equivalent Avoirdupois weight. 3. Marx in "Capital" would argue that one pound of gold could equal one pound of meat if the market accepts them as having similar value.
What would 50 guineas in Victorian times money be now in pounds?
The guinea was generally valued at 21 Shillings or 1 Pound, 1 Shilling. Today, the equivalent would be 1 Pound, 5 Pence. 50 Guineas would equal 52.5 Pounds. Since the Guinea was a gold coin, it would be worth considerably more than face value today, and 50 Guinea coins would contain approximately 12.5 troy ounces of gold. Please visit the link below.
Which weighs more a hundred pounds of gold or a hundred pounds of feathers?
One user said:While on the face of it a pound of feathers would seem to weigh the same as a pound of gold, this overlooks the fact that gold is universally weighed using a different definition of 'pound' than that used for most other materials.Precious metals such as gold are measured in troy weight. A troy pound is 12 troy ounces, and each troy ounce is 480 grains, making a total of 5760 grains to the pound of gold.Most materials use pounds and ounces from the avoirdupois system, and such a standard pound is made up of 16 ounces, where each ounce is 437.5 grains, making a total of 7000 grains to the pound of feathers.All this means that a "pound" of feathers (or bricks, or lead) is heavier than a "pound" of gold.
How much is five pounds of gold bars?
You mean how much is five pounds of gold worth? If they are Troy Pounds, then each pound is 12 Troy ounces, so you can check the financial section of the newspaper for the spot price of gold and multiply it by 60. That would be in the neighborhood of $48,000 right now.
How much is 1 pound in pounds?
Precisely 1.0001 pound or 16 ounces.Well,1 pound. Anything that is a pound if it's a pound of feathers or gold, it still only weighs a pound
