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The Britannia is a British gold bullion coin issued since 1987, weighing one troy ounce and with a face value of 100 Pounds. There are also fractional Britannia coins, weighing a half, quarter, and one-tenth of an ounce, with face values of 50, 25, and 10 pounds respectively. The coins are 917/1000 gold, the non-gold component being copper until 1989 and silver from 1990. A Gold Bullion proof Britannia Coin, distributed since 1987 in the United Kingdom. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6 , d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones. ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, can generally refer to the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Dimensions

One ounce: diameter 32.69 mm, gold content 31.104 g.

Half ounce: diameter 27.00 mm, gold content 15.552 g

Quarter ounce: diameter 22.00 mm, gold content 7.776 g

Tenth ounce: diameter 16.50 mm, gold content 3.110 g

Categories: British coinage A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... The gram or gramme, symbol g, is a unit of mass, and is defined in the SI system of units as one one-thousandth of a kilogram (i. ...

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Britannia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1035 words)
	Britannia remained the Latin name for Great Britain, but after the fall of the Roman Empire it had lost most symbolic meaning until the rise of British influence and later, the British Empire, which at its height, ruled a quarter of the world's population and a quarter of the world's landmass.
	Britannia first appeared on the farthing in 1672, followed by the halfpenny later the same year; the model used, then and later, was Charles II's mistress, the Duchess of Richmond.
	Britannia coins, a series of British gold bullion coins issued since 1987, which have nominal values of 100, 50, 25, and 10 pounds.

Britannia silver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (265 words)
	Britannia silver is an alloy of silver containing 95.84% silver, with the balance usually copper.
	Britannia standard silver was introduced by the British government as part of the great recoinage scheme of William III from 1696, when attempts were made to limit the clipping and melting of sterling silver coinage.
	The silver bullion coins of the Royal Mint issued since 1998, known as "Britannias" for their reverse image, are minted in Britannia standard silver.

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