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A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1 ⁄ 20 of a troy ounce, 1 ⁄ 240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce [1] and exactly 1.55517384 grams. [2] It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).
The troy weight units are the grain, the pennyweight (24 grains), the troy ounce (20 pennyweights), and the troy pound (12 troy ounces). The troy grain is equal to the grain unit of the avoirdupois system, but the troy ounce is heavier than the avoirdupois ounce, and the troy pound is lighter than the avoirdupois pound. Legally, one troy ounce ...
1 troy ounce of four nines fine gold (999.9) 999.999—six nines fine: The purest gold ever produced. Refined by the Perth Mint in 1957. [3] [4] 999.99—five nines fine: The purest type of gold currently produced; the Royal Canadian Mint regularly produces commemorative coins in this fineness, including the world's largest, at 100 kg. [5]
The tower system is based on the silver system, with the grain set to the silver kambeh. The system called 'troy', is based on the gold system, the grain set to the gold hebbeh. The other units stand in the same proportion: a pound, of 12 ounces or 20 shillings, or 240 pennyweights, being equal to 120 dirhems as above.
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The first legal definition of sterling silver appeared in 1275, when a statute of Edward I specified that 12 troy ounces of silver for coinage should contain 11 ounces 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 pennyweights of silver and 17 + 3 ⁄ 4 pennyweights of alloy, with 20 pennyweights to the troy ounce. [11] This is (not precisely) equivalent to a millesimal ...
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