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Message:: [QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3646645, member: 100720"]Hi All. So, I discovered an interesting Math thing and wanted to share it because you were all kind enough to explain to me how it works with coins and AGW & ASW. So, here's how Grams & Troy Ounces works: Conversion to and from Grams & Troy Ounces is not the same backwards and forwards. We assume it is, but it's not. It's brain teasing, but it's true. Here's how it works: 1 Troy Ounce = 31.1035 Grams 1 Gram = .32151 Troy Ounces Why? I don't know. You can ask Math Geeks. But it's true. Anyway, you were all correct that after weighing a coin in Grams you have to DIVIDE it by 31.1 to get the Troy Ounces. I assumed that you can then multiply it, but you can't. You can't multiply it by .0311 because even though this may be close, it is not the same and the conversion is all mixed up. I'm not a Math person, so, I don't understand it, nor do I need to. I just need to know the rules. Thank you again everyone![/QUOTE]