Just out of curiousity, what is the other .1% ?

"Vector" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:18:15 +0000 (UTC), Merlin Dorfman
wrote:

So a "one ounce" gold or silver coin such as an American Eagle
is a Troy ounce?

Yes.

"Coin silver" is 90% silver, 10% copper. Does a one-ounce silver
coin contain one ounce of silver, or a total weight of one ounce with
90% of that being silver?

The US Silver Eagle is not coin silver, it is 99.9% Fine, and contains
one Troy Ounce of Silver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Silver_Eagle