Commonly Used Gold Weights
(based on troy ounces)
The traditional unit of weight for gold is the troy ounce of the Anglo-Saxon system of weights and measures. Despite the gradual conversion to the metric system, the troy ounce remains a traditional fixture of the gold trade and the most important basis for expressing quotations on a majority of the leading gold markets.
- 1 troy ounce = 31.1034807 grams
- 1 troy ounce = 480 grains
- 1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights
- 3.75 troy ounces = 10 tolas (Indian sub-continent)
- 6.02 troy ounces = 5 taels (Chinese)
- 32.15 troy ounces = 1 kilogram
- 32,150 troy ounces = 1 metric ton (1,000 kilos)
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