B-cuz its a TROY oz, DUMMY
The coin has 3.1103 grams of pure gold in it or 1/10th of an Troy ounce.
A silver dollar weighs a little less than an ounce.
A US 5¢ coin weighs 5g. One ounce is 28.35 grams, so you can get 5 nickels in an ounce, with 3.35g to spare.
The coin weighs less than 5 grams, so it can't have a ounce of gold in it.
Original Answer: Take it to a coin dealer or jeweler to have it weighed, most well do this for you. Update: The coin weighs 25.8 grams and there are 31.1034 grams in a troy ounce. So the weight is 82.949% of an ounce.
An ounce of Gold Weighs more. An ounce of gold weighs 2.7539537 grams more, than an ounce of feathers. Gold is weighed in Troy ounces and feathers are weighed in standard ounces. There are 31.1034768 grams in 1 Troy ounce and there are 28.3495231 grams in 1 standard ounce.
The modern Silver Eagle bullion coin weighs 1 ounce.
The 'standard' (London) bar weighs 400 troy ounces (12.4 kg or 438.9 ounces) . The standard gold bar held as gold reserves by central banks worldwide and traded among bullion dealers.
This depends on whether the coin is a 1990 or 1990 Proof coin. A 1990 gold coin with a face value of $10.00 that weighs 0.25 ounces is worth approximately $390. A 0.25-ounce 1990 Proof coin is worth approximately $420.
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The $20 gold piece called (Double Eagle) weighs about an ounce.