Gold guide

Weight and measures

Grams, kilograms and the troy ounce. Gross weight and fine gold are different quantities.

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Weight
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Kind
Education
Product
GXLD Gold only
A brass balance with one gold bar on the lower pan, a measure, not a GXLD bar
01

Units

  • Gram

    g

    GXLD quantities are grams, down to one millionth of a gram.

  • Kilogram

    1,000 g

    About 32.1507 troy ounces, rounded to four decimal places.

  • Troy ounce

    31.1034768 g

    480 grains at 64.79891 mg. Not a kitchen ounce.

02

Fine gold

  • Gross

    On the scale

    Alloy included. A 100 g piece stamped 995 weighs 100 g.

  • Fine

    99.5 g

    Educational sum only. 100 × 995 ÷ 1,000. Not a quote.

  • Your balance

    Read terms

    Displayed grams are not a named bar unless the terms say so.

One troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams. The 99.5 gram line is a classroom sum, not a holding.

NIST conversion

Gold guide

Education, not inventory

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