In 1943, the price of gold was fixed at $35 per ounce due to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. This price remained stable throughout the 1940s as the U.S. was on the gold standard. Consequently, regardless of market fluctuations, an ounce of gold was valued at $35 during that year.
Chances are, you have a 1947 Swiss 20 Francs coin. These coins are common and worth scrap gold. They contain 0.1867 of a troy ounce of gold and are 90% pure. And worth about $300 in gold melt at the time of writing.
In 1945, the price of gold was approximately $35 per ounce. Since there are 32,150.7 ounces in a ton, 100 tons of gold would equate to about 3,215,070 ounces. This means 100 tons of gold would be worth around $112,527,450 in 1945.
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A 1943 steel penny is worth just that 1cent.
With silver at $27.10 per ounce. War nickels are worth about $1.50.
It is worth 10/24 of an ounce of pure 24 k gold
The current price for an ounce of gold is: $1,591.00 A tenth of an ounce of gold is: $159.10
Gold is currently worth $1106.70 per ounce, while silver is worth $16.96 per ounce.
$20.67
As of November 21 2011 one troy ounce of gold is worth £1086.39 ($1702.90 US Dollars)
The gold market is over $1,000 an ounce.
Numismatically, the 1943 Mercury Dime is fairly common, and sio would need to be in one of the higher uncirculated grades to be worth much over its "melt value" - plated (even with gold), it will never be worth more than the value of its silver. With silver at $30 per troy ounce (as of February 2011), it is worth about US$2.15.
12k gold would be worth about $487.50 per ounce.
$20.63 a troy ounce.
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An ounce of gold as off now, 1-24-12, an average cash for gold price is $1660. An ounce of Silver is $32.60.
In 1849, one troy ounce of gold was worth $20. A $20 coin contained .9675 ounce of pure gold.