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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2492408, member: 27832&quot;]So, how did we get to &quot;1.4 ounces&quot;? No online source talks about a &quot;1.4-ounce gold medal&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, we need to make sure of our units. I don&#039;t suppose we should expect a &quot;milk/water&quot; scale to weigh on the troy scale. Converting, 1 troy ounce = 1.09714 standard ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the linked page, the &quot;medium&quot; gold medal in this series was &quot;1.167 troy ounces of gold&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>From other discussion, the medal is apparently 90% (coin) gold, not 24K or some other composition.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, 1.167 troy ounces = 1.28 standard ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.28 standard ounces of gold, plus enough other metal to bring its composition down to 90% = 1.28 / 0.9 = 1.42 standard ounces; 1.4 ounces on a food scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even after the rough handling it&#039;s obviously received -- and this most recent photography session wasn&#039;t doing it any favors -- the medal is still worth 1.167 ozt of gold, or just over $1557 at this weekend&#039;s spot price.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, really, if what you want to do is pick fights or yell about everyone else&#039;s ignorance, you can get away with much lower-budget items than this. I&#039;d start with a zinc-rotted, er, &quot;one-of-a-kind mint misprint&quot; Lincoln cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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