ounce of silver
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ounce
noun
uk/aʊns/us/aʊns/
a unit of weight equal to approximately ...
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silver
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈsɪl.vər/us/ˈsɪl.vɚ/
a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, white metal, used for making cutlery (= knives, spoons, etc.), jewellery, coins, and ...
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A spot price for silver is the price for a troyounceofsilverwhich is 99.9-percent pure, or 999 fine.
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Each paper dollar is convertible at the bank into 1ounceofsilver.
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The unit was the ounce-land, i.e. the extent of land which paid the rent of anounceofsilver.
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So, in fact, anounceofsilvercould vary in exchange from 970 to 990 cash (or more) between two places fairly close together.
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At this point each paper dollar will be worth 1ounceofsilverin the open market.
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A dollar that is instantly convertible into oneounceofsilverwill be worth one ounce on the market.
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One paper dollar is still worth oneounceofsilver.
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The 1ounceofsilver, rather than being stamped into a coin, is kept in the vault, safe from clippers.
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Britannia silver coins contain one troyounceofsilverand have a face value of 2.
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The old stabilised position was 15½ ounces of silver to one ounce of gold.
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It was established that 15 ounces of silver was worth one ounce of gold, and it would remain that, and it did remain that for 60 years.
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It began in 1921 with the decision of this country to debase its silver currency, and we threw something like 100,000,000 ounces of silver on the market.
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Some 88 million ounces of silver were thus obtained, and this has to be repaid over the next five years, under an agreement entered into some time ago.
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America has lent 100,000,000 ounces of silver for coinage purposes and to ease the inflationary strain.
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Rodu represents a large gold deposit with estimated reserves of 0.81 million oz of gold and 1.7 million oz of silver.
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The company states that 63.2 million ounces of silver (proven and probable mineral reserves) are at the site, 19.7% of the company's total silver reserves.
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Reserves at the end of 2012 were 44.9 million ounces of silver and 308,000 ounces of gold.
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During 1990, the mine produced 5.4 million ounces of silver, the most since 1971.
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An average of around 100,000 ounces of gold and 700,000 ounces of silver have been produced annually since 1988.
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