American Eagle silver coin weight

Bigfoot048

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:29:47 PM12/17/10

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I have several of the American Eagle 1 oz. silver coins. This is the
one with standing liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse.
On the reverse is says "1 oz. fine silver." No where on these coins does
it say troy ounce or .999. Are these coins 1 troy ounce or 1 ounce
silver coins? I think there are 12 troy ounces in a troy pound and 16
ounces in a standard pound, but I am not sure. Can anybody clear this
up for me? I see other silver coins that say 1 troy ounce and .999.

oly

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:36:07 PM12/17/10

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The Red Book says on Page 341 under $1 SILVER EAGLES: "Composition .
9993 silver, .0007 copper (net weight 1 oz. pure silver); weight
31.101 grams'.

That last bit about weight is what tells you that you are dealing with
troy weights:

See this link:

http://www.goldcalculator.com/index_files/page0033.htm

oly

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:38:05 PM12/17/10

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I meant to specifically say the 2011 Red Book, the large print edition!

Peter

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:45:50 PM12/17/10

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FYI: The less prestigeous non professional, ordinary print, 2006
edition of the Red Book says the same on p.326.
The 2010 blue book seems to omit that detail.

Nick Knight

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:50:52 PM12/17/10

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In <22a6141d-bec0-499f...@32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, on
12/17/2010

at 05:45 PM, Peter <w2...@hotmail.com> said:

>FYI: The less prestigeous non professional, ordinary print, 2006 edition of
>the Red Book says the same on p.326.
>The 2010 blue book seems to omit that detail.

2010 Krause:

KM# 273 0.9993 SILVER 0.9993 oz. ASW. 40.6mm. 31.1050 g.

Nick

oly

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:52:37 PM12/17/10

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You know, I have the most recent (I believe it is the inagural) Red
Book professional edition!!!

I bought a copy because I feel it won't be successful and that it
might become rather collectible.

oly

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Dec 17, 2010, 8:54:39 PM12/17/10

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read "inaugural"...

j-rod

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Dec 17, 2010, 9:26:12 PM12/17/10

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LOL

I have to increase the font size on my browser to 16 just to read all
the scintillating discussions here.

JAM

oly

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Dec 17, 2010, 9:39:43 PM12/17/10

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You can read??? You just seem to grunt - short imprecise incoherent
disjointed grunts.

Of course, they say the same thing about me!!!

oly

Frank Provasek

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Dec 19, 2010, 4:02:04 PM12/19/10

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On Dec 17, 7:29 pm, Bigfoot048 <Bigfoot...@nospam.com> wrote:

Silver and gold are always in troy ounces, and "fine" silver is .999
or better.

Beanie

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Dec 20, 2010, 2:22:35 PM12/20/10

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"Bigfoot048" <Bigfo...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Precious metals are generally weighed by the troy ounce which is approx. 31.1
grams
Avoirdupois ounce is approx. 28.35 grams, so a troy ounce is about 10% heavier.
There are 12 ounces in a troy pound or slightly over 373 grams, whereas a
avoirdupois pound is 16 ounces or about 454 grams.
So a troy ounce weighs more than an avoirdupois ounce but an avoirdupois pound
weighs more than a troy pound!