It is priced in troy ounces. As of October 2011 gold prices have been between $1610.00 USD and $1750.00 USD per troy ounce.
Gold is priced in ounces, and the price changes very quickly. A pound would be sixteen times the ounce price.
Gold is priced by Troy ounces.A Troy pound is equal to 12 troy ounces, but a 'regular pound' is equal to 14.58 Troy ounces.1 Troy ounce = 1.0971 ounces
Gold is priced in ounces, and the price changes very quickly. A pound would be sixteen times the ounce price.
Gold is priced by the ounce. A 50 pound block would be 600 ounces and would cost 600 times the one ounce price. (The reason it's 600 oz. is because gold -- and all precious metals -- are measured in Troy ounces, which are twelve to the pound.)
No....the AV pound is heavier. The Troy ounce is heavier than a AV ounce but there are only 12 troy ounces in a Troy pound compared to 16 in a AV pound. There is an old joke...What is heavier, a pound of Gold or a pound of feathers...? The pound of feathers... Because the troy pound of Gold is measured in Troy...which has a lighter pound.
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No. On second thoughts, yes, it is! You give me a miserly pound of gold and I will generously give you a whole ounce of gold - and even of the same purity). Can you beat that offer?
ounce. At its smallest terms, when you see gold prices fluctuating they are discussing ounce prices. Although can be priced in bars and other larger measurements.
Gold is measured in troy ounces. 14.6 troy ounces make up a pound. Gold was priced at $18.96 an ounce in 1900. The total value in 1900 would have been $27,681,600. Today gold is $1,190 an ounce. The value of 100000 of pounds of gold today would be $1,737,400,000
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Let me rephrase the question... "If gold is $3 per ounce how much would it be for a whole pound?" there are 16 oz in a pound, so 3*16= $48