pennyweights

Gold jewelry often is measured in pennyweights, with 20 to the ounce; a buyer should provide this information.

The Other Gold Rush: Selling It Karen Blumenthal 2010

It is said that the weight of wax which he used for each candle was twelve pennyweights, that is, but little more than half an ounce, which would make, one would suppose, a taper rather than a candle.

King Alfred of England Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 1849

It is said that the weight of wax which he used for each candle was twelve pennyweights, that is, but little more than half an ounce, which would make, one would suppose, a

King Alfred of England Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

Note the carat of the metal, and ask the jeweler to tell you the weight in pennyweights or troy ounces.

Q&A What's the best way to sell gold jewelry 2008

Note the carat of the metal, and ask the jeweler to tell you the weight in pennyweights or troy ounces.

Q&A What's the best way to sell gold jewelry 2008

It generally leaked out how many ounces had been sent by this bank and how much by that; how much had come from the camp, for the diggers who did not choose to sell to the banks were allowed to deposit their gold with an officer at the camp, where it was carefully weighed, and a receipt given to them stating the number of ounces, pennyweights, and grains.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

Shares have an upward tendency; washing up takes place — two pennyweights to ton.

Madame Midas 2003

* Avoirdupois (av), the generally accepted series of weight units based on a pound of 16 ounces and an ounce of 16 drams, as opposed to the troy system based on a pound of 12 ounces and an ounce of 20 pennyweights or 480 grains.

Chapter 16 1988

Cellini's art, embedding pennyweights of metal in hot pitch that, cooling, held it like a dark and shapeless hand while Margot sculptured elfin leaves and scrolls upon it.

Kenny Leona Dalrymple

All owners of quartz-mills are also required to render official returns under oath, and in a form minutely prescribed by the Provincial law, of all quartz crushed by them during the month, stating particularly from what mine it was raised, for whose account it has been crushed, and what was the exact quantity in ounces, pennyweights, and grains.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Various