One troy pound is 12 troy ounces. Silver was selling for $17.18 per ounce last Friday. That comes to $206.16.
Pre-1965 US dimes, quarter and half-dollars weigh, respectively, 2.5 grams, 6.25 grams and 12.5 grams, and thus a pound of any of them would have a face value of $18.14. In 1965, with the advent of clad coinage replacing the previous 90% silver then in circulation, the weight of the coins dropped a bit, leaving a pound of such coins with a face value of $20. Thus, an ounce of silver coinage would have a face value of $1.13, or 4 1/2 quarters, and an ounce of clad coinage would be $1.25, or exactly 5 quarters.
It is one pound!
Gold is measured in troy ounces. 14.6 troy ounces make up a pound. Gold was priced at $18.96 an ounce in 1900. The total value in 1900 would have been $27,681,600. Today gold is $1,190 an ounce. The value of 100000 of pounds of gold today would be $1,737,400,000
Absolute value uses a companies cash flow to determine it's worth. Relative value compares a companies worth to other competitors.
80-100 pounds
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Not much. copper is currently at $4.32 a pound, and there are about 14.4 troy ounces in a pound, which means your troy ounce is worth about 30 cents.
Pewter is mostly tin, and tin has a current value of $9.49 per pound. At 16 ounces per pound, that makes it worth 59 cents per ounce.
Gold is priced by the ounce. A 50 pound block would be 600 ounces and would cost 600 times the one ounce price. (The reason it's 600 oz. is because gold -- and all precious metals -- are measured in Troy ounces, which are twelve to the pound.)
The face value of anything is whatever is written on it. The face value of a Pound, is a Pound.
One troy pound is 12 troy ounces. Silver was selling for $17.18 per ounce last Friday. That comes to $206.16.
“What is the current market value of siver by the ounce”
The value of silver changes often and is dictated by the current market and demand. As of August 14, 2013 silver is worth $21.88 per ounce making it worth $350.08 per pound.
Currently gold is worth 1,039 dollars per ounce, so a pound of gold would be worth 16 x 1039 = 16,624 dollars. Of course the gold price fluctuates frequently, so this value may move up or down in the future.
Pre-1965 US dimes, quarter and half-dollars weigh, respectively, 2.5 grams, 6.25 grams and 12.5 grams, and thus a pound of any of them would have a face value of $18.14. In 1965, with the advent of clad coinage replacing the previous 90% silver then in circulation, the weight of the coins dropped a bit, leaving a pound of such coins with a face value of $20. Thus, an ounce of silver coinage would have a face value of $1.13, or 4 1/2 quarters, and an ounce of clad coinage would be $1.25, or exactly 5 quarters.
Current value is $27.33 per ounce.