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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1498168, member: 38849&quot;]ALL of you must have had a window seat in arithmetic class.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quarter eagle contains 0.121 Troy ounce of gold (per Redbook).&nbsp; The £5 coin (the article says) is equal in weight to 5 sovereigns (0.2354 Troy ounces, each, per Krause).&nbsp; Assuming they are the <u>same fineness</u>, 5 sovereigns contain 5 x 0.2354 Troy ounces of gold, or about 1.18 Troy ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Divide 1.18 by 0.121 and you get approximately <font size="5">9.75</font> quarter eagles to make one £5 coin.&nbsp; Who said 240?&nbsp; The British coin would be the size of a dinner plate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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