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2. Gold certificate (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933. While the United States observed a gold standard, the certificates offered a more convenient way to pay in gold than the use of coins. General public ownership of gold certificates was outlawed in 1933 and since then they have been ...

3. Nines (notation) - Wikipedia

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   Nines (notation) 1 troy ounce of four nines fine gold (999.9) Nines are an informal logarithmic notation for proportions very near to one or, equivalently, percentages very near 100%. Put simply, "nines" are the number of consecutive nines in a percentage such as 99% (two nines) [1] or a decimal fraction such as 0.999 (three nines).

4. Fineness - Wikipedia

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   The fineness of a precious metal object (coin, bar, jewelry, etc.) represents the weight of fine metal therein, in proportion to the total weight which includes alloying base metals and any impurities. Alloy metals are added to increase hardness and durability of coins and jewelry, alter colors, decrease the cost per weight, or avoid the cost ...

5. Big Maple Leaf - Wikipedia

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   The Big Maple Leaf ( BML) is a $1 million ( CAD) gold coin weighing 100 kilograms (220 lb) (3,215 troy ounces ). A set of five [ 1] of these coins was produced by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) in 2007, at their Ottawa facility where the first BML produced remains in storage. The Big Maple Leaf was recognized by the Guinness World Records in ...

6. PAMP (company) - Wikipedia

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   PAMP SA (Produits Artistiques Métaux Précieux) is an independent precious metals refining and fabricating company, and a member of the MKS Group.Established in 1977 in Ticino, Switzerland, the company originally started as a minting facility for bars weighing less than 100 grams and as an alloy specialist for the jewelry and luxury watch-making industries.

7. 0.999... - Wikipedia

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   In mathematics, 0.999... (also written as 0.9, 0.. 9, or 0. (9)) denotes the smallest number greater than every number in the sequence (0.9, 0.99, 0.999, ...). It can be proved that this number is 1; that is, In other words, 0.999... is not "almost exactly 1" or "very, very nearly but not quite 1"; rather, 0.999... and "1" are exactly the same ...

8. I Am Rich - Wikipedia

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   English. I Am Rich is a 2008 mobile app for iPhones which had minimal function and was priced at US$999.99 (equivalent to $1,415 in 2023). The app was pulled from the App Store less than 24 hours after its launch. Receiving poor reviews from critics, only eight copies were sold. In the years since, several similar applications have been ...

9. Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (France): 2007

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   Value: €10.00 Alloy: Gold 920/1000 Quantity: 1,000 Quality: Proof Issued: 2007 Diameter: 22 Weight: 8.45 Market Value: In tribute to the great sport event taking place in Beijing in 2008, Monnaie de Paris is issuing a coin in gold commemorating this discipline. La Fayette Designer: Atelier de Gravure Mint: - Value: €10.00 Alloy: Gold 920/ ...