GBC
Weight

Pennyweight (dwt)

Modern equivalent

1.56 grams

A traditional troy weight unit equal to 24 grains or one-twentieth of an ounce.

Originally established in Anglo-Saxon times as the exact weight of a standard silver penny coin, it survived as a jeweller and silversmith standard for precious metals.

Related units

Troy Ounce

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