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Re: Gene_Simmons post# 5420

Monday, 03/21/2016 9:52:21 AM

Monday, March 21, 2016 9:52:21 AM

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A ton is 2000 pounds avoirdupois. A tonne (or long ton) is 1000 Kilos or 2400 pounds. Since gold is usually measured in grams or Troy ounces, they usually refer to tonnes.

To further confuse us, a Troy ounce weighs more than the one you're used to, but there are only 12 Troy ounces to a pound. That means that an ounce of gold weigh more than an ounce of feathers, but a pound of gold weighs less than a pound of feathers.

Here's a free converter: http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/conversions/common/ounces-to-troy-ounces.php
and some history: http://www.troy-ounce.com/

You play with it. My head hurts.

Dino