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===Troy ounce (oz t) <span class="anchor" id="Troy ounce"></span>=== A troy ounce weighs 480 [[Grain (unit)|grains]].<ref name="Perth Mint" /> Since the implementation of the [[international yard and pound]] agreement of 1 July 1959, the grain measure is defined as precisely {{val|64.79891|u=[[milligram]]s}}.<ref name="NIST">National Institute of Standards and Technology (October 2011). Butcher, Tina; Cook, Steve; Crown, Linda et al. eds. [https://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/upload/AppC-12-hb44-final.pdf "Appendix C β General Tables of Units of Measurement"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617040949/http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/upload/AppC-12-hb44-final.pdf |date=2016-06-17 }} (PDF). [https://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/h44-12.cfm ''Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823052024/http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/h44-12.cfm |date=2016-08-23 }}. NIST Handbook. '''44''' (2012 ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0271-4027 0271-4027] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225104227/https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=n2:0271-4027 |date=2022-12-25 }}. [[Online Computer Library Center|OCLC]] {{OCLC|58927093}}. Retrieved 30 June 2012.</ref>{{rp|C-19}}<ref name="nbs447">{{cite book |last=Judson |first=Lewis V. |title=Weights and Measures Standards of the United States: A brief history |url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/pubs/sp447/index.cfm |format=PDF |access-date=30 June 2012 |series=NBS Special Publication |volume=447 |date=March 1976 |orig-year=October 1963 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards |location=Washington, D.C. |oclc=610190761 |page=20 |chapter=8. Refinement of values for the yard and pound |chapter-url=http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP447/sec08.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603064530/https://www.nist.gov/pml/pubs/sp447/index.cfm |archive-date=3 June 2011 }}</ref> Thus one troy ounce = {{convert|1|ozt|gr|0|disp=out|abbr=off|comma=gaps}} Γ {{convert|1|gr|g|8|disp=out|abbr=off|comma=gaps}}/grain = {{convert|1|ozt|g|8|disp=out|abbr=off|comma=gaps}}. Since the ounce avoirdupois is defined as 437.5 grains, a troy ounce is exactly {{frac|480|437.5}} = {{frac|192|175}} or about 1.09714 ounces avoirdupois or about 9.7% more. The troy ounce for trading precious metals is considered to be sufficiently approximated by 31.10 g in EU directive 80/181/EEC.<ref name="80/181/EER">{{cite web | url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:01980L0181-20200613#tocId31 | title=Consolidated TEXT: 31980L0181 β EN β 13.06.2020 }}</ref> The Dutch troy system is based on a mark of 8 ounces, the ounce of 20 engels (pennyweights), the engel of 32 as. The mark was rated as 3,798 troy grains or 246.084 grams. The divisions are identical to the tower system.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Patrick|title=Universal Cambist and Commercial Instructor |url=https://archive.org/details/universalcambist0001kell/page/n6/mode/1up |year=1821 |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/universalcambist0001kell/page/20/mode/1up 20]}}</ref>
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