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Old November 14th, 2016, 08:37 PM   #4245
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Originally Posted by RoddersUK View Post
Yes, because butter is weighed in Imperial scale and precious metals are weighed in avoirdupois scale.
Actually-that's not quite correct-precious metals are weighed using the troy weight scale-....sqigg58's post was quite correct......and 'imperial measure and avoirdupois are one and the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight
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