"Lloyd Erlick" Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com,
hailing from the land of the Imperial Gallon wrote:
wrote:
Total, 8 grams or a 1/4 plus oz
I'd much rather discuss silver weights in
grams. I'm pretty sure the way silver is sold
is in Troy ounces

Google pondered mightily spake thus:

1 Troy Oz = 31.10 grams
1 regular folks' ounce = 28.35 grams

But you could convince me of most any conversion
factor.

1 troy (French) oz = 480 grains
= 12 pennyweights
12 troy oz = 1 troy lb.
14.58 troy oz = 1 pedestrian lb.
32.15 troy oz = 1 French Kilogram

The English didn't use the metric measuring
system because it was invented by the French;
America carries on this proud tradition.

The troy oz is said to have originated in
France and moved to England with William
the Conqueror.