COINS AS WEIGHTS
British silved coinage, is minted exactly by weight in proportion to its value, viz., loz avoirdupois for every 5s and to remember this may be of help when you want to weigh e, m all quantities, of chemicals or cooking ingredients. A new halfcrown weighs %oz ; and any silver I coins making a total of os wi
weigh one ounce. Other weights can be devised in the following days: %oz (avoirdupois) by using one hall' penny and one silver threepenny piece; %oz by using two half-pennies and one farthing; loz by using three pennies or five half-pennies; 2oz by using &ix pennies or ten halfpennies, 4oz by using twelve pennies or twenty half-pennies.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 5
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116COINS AS WEIGHTS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 5
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