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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1055227, member: 15199&quot;]I have been trying to remember if any silver or gold patterns expressed weight in ounces in the US and I can&#039;t remember any, and a little lazy tonight to go through the pattern books. Some regular issue coins such as trade dollars used grains on the coin, but no ounces to my knowledge.</p><p>U.S. Coins are usually measured in grams and/or grains. In the case of silver coins, one can get the weight in grams, multiply by % of silver, and divide by 31.10 to get the pure silver troy ounce weight of the silver portion. Bullion usually states the weight as troy ounce pure silver or gold, beware of ebay who use confusion on the two ounces on rounds or bars to their advantage.</p><p><br /></p><p>numbers rounded to 2 places</p><p><br /></p><p>troy ounce = 31.10 grams</p><p>avoirdupois ounce = 28.35 grams</p><p>15. 43 grains= 1 gram</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, only buy silver that is easily marketable. ASE,Canada Maple leaf, stock shares of SLV and others, highly respected bars such as Englehard, J-M, etc. all can quickly be sold when the market turns, AS it Will someday, IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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