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.
“What is the current market value of siver by the ounce”
One troy pound is 12 troy ounces. Silver was selling for $17.18 per ounce last Friday. That comes to $206.16.
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.