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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FishyOne, post: 1023332, member: 27384&quot;]The simple answer to this is that most people do not use &quot;troy&quot; pounds.&nbsp; Troy ounces, however, are the only way precious metals are calculated and since people equate 8 ounces with half a pound, they were made that way.&nbsp; The Washington Mint had millions of these Half Pound Silver rounds made at 8 troy ounces.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/sis.html?_nkw=8+OZ+HALF+POUND+WASHINGTON+MINT+999+SILVER+EAGLE+COIN" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shop.ebay.com/sis.html?_nkw=8+OZ+HALF+POUND+WASHINGTON+MINT+999+SILVER+EAGLE+COIN" rel="nofollow">http://shop.ebay.com/sis.html?_nkw=8+OZ+HALF+POUND+WASHINGTON+MINT+999+SILVER+EAGLE+COIN</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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