Gold is measured in troy ounces, often paid based on pennyweight, which is 1/20th of a troy ounce. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews] Reference
Spanish milled dollar of 17 pennyweight was worth 5s. 6d. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie V. Brock: The Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates] Reference
By the foregoing act silver was rated at 4d. the pennyweight. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie V. Brock: The Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates] Reference
Four grains are equal to one carat, and six carats make one pennyweight. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
Troy Weight. -- 24 grains make 1 pennyweight, 20 pennyweights make 1 ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
An ounce is valued at eighteen dollars, a pennyweight at ninety cents, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
"Counting it at the present value of gold, every pennyweight would be worth a dollar.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
In fact the little stones had cost more per carat than the larger ones had per pennyweight. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
He wanted but one thing now -- and his whole kingdom did not weigh one pennyweight against it. From Wordnik.com. [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference
His aunt got about a pennyweight of poison from a cabinet and wrapped it up and gave it to him. From Wordnik.com. [Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends] Reference
Cortés, who did not find a pennyweight of dust in the real California, still had no objection to giving so golden. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
"The pennyweight will be very big, then," said Rollo. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo's Museum] Reference
Scarce a pennyweight of honest horse-flesh to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Cloister and the Hearth] Reference
• Standard of filver, 11 ounces, two pennyweight, of fine fil. From Wordnik.com. [The Monthly Review] Reference
I found nearly half a pennyweight of gold in the heel of the dish. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
And yet behold no single pennyweight is lost, for all the forces are one!. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
Ter; 18 ditto of allay: remedy, two pennyweight in the pound weight Troy. From Wordnik.com. [The Monthly Review] Reference
It draws at sixty pounds - not a pennyweight too much for a man of your inches. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel]
It draws at sixty pounds -- not a pennyweight too much for a man of your inches. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
For greater accuracy, each pennyweight is fuppofed to be divided into twenty-four grains. From Wordnik.com. [The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ...] Reference
A piece of ten pounds was pounded up, it returned only a little over a pennyweight of gold. From Wordnik.com. [In the Heart of the Rockies] Reference
Twenty pennyweight in an ounce, and there we have nineteen dollars and twenty cents per ounce. From Wordnik.com. [Her Weight in Gold] Reference
Consumers can also upgrade to an electronic scale that weighs grams, ounces, troy ounces and pennyweight. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
Equilibrium, however, was restored by the addition of a pennyweight and five grains to the opposite side. From Wordnik.com. [The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke] Reference
The filver coin contains 11 ounces 2 pennyweight fine fil - ler, and 18 pennyweight of alloy in the pound. From Wordnik.com. [the universal acoountant and complete merchant] Reference
His two sweepings had yielded perhaps a pennyweight of the precious metal -- enough to set him to thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories] Reference
Cockeyed first took their gold to a pawn shop where they were told the actual pennyweight and their price per. From Wordnik.com. [Dullard Mush] Reference
No "commercial arrangements," no painting of surfaces, nor alloying of substances, will avail him a pennyweight. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
"Well, you tub-thumper, you see that the gentlemen of England are more than a match for pestilent pennyweight rebels.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel] Reference
You shall stand on your conditions now; you shall have your pennyweight and full advantage, and the rigour of the pact. From Wordnik.com. [Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France] Reference
Their minds, their wills, their efforts, their physical strength to the last ounce and pennyweight belonged indissolubly to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Man's Woman] Reference
True, she has got no more than her deserts; she has paid for her success, every pennyweight of it, in hard work and self-denial. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Roses] Reference
"We keep our takin's in one pile, and I'll lay a little eight to five that they'll balance up with the checks to a pennyweight," said he. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
GOLD PRICE QUOTES, FROM HIGH TO LOW buyer price per pennyweight for 14-karat gold. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
(usually 10 -, 14 - or 18-carat), and is measured by pennyweight, or one-twentieth of an ounce. From Wordnik.com. [Minyanville] Reference
"Ask how much you will be paid for one pennyweight of 14 karat gold jewelry and compare prices. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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