Sunshine Mint .999 Silver 5 Oz Bar - Overweight?

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Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 9:48 pm Bought one of these off of Amazon since I had a gift card to use (not allowed to use them on coins for some reason, grrr....). When it arrived today, I got out my scale to check the weight, and it came up to 5.5 oz/156 grams. That's pretty well on the heavy side. I checked my scale with other coins/items of a known weight, so I know the problem is not with the scale. Did I get sold a fake? Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 10:03 pm Troy oz is diff than pound ounces. Let me look here a minute. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+many+..._f&ia=answer 5 oz on your scale is 5 oz but it is converted to 5.485714 troy oz of silver. Close enough, I would think that's a good bar of silver. Edited by TNG 08/22/2018 10:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Alpha2814 Pillar of the Community United States 2023 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 10:06 pm Google "5 troy ounces in grams" gives me "155.5174". Seems reasonable to me, looking at the scale's reading in grams, so TNG's "troy ounces" idea looks right. Report this Post to the Staff
Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 10:15 pm Haha, I'd totally forgotten that troy ounces are different from regular ounces. Rookie mistake from this novice bullion collector! Thanks everyone for the tips! Edited by Kefiroth 08/22/2018 10:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 08/23/2018 12:51 am Yep, 156 grams is right at 5 troy ounces. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
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