troy

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Spot silver fell 2.1% to $74.30 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

—Gold prices eased after climbing back above $4,800 a troy ounce in the previous session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Futures in New York rose 3.3% to $4,843.10 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Spot gold adds 0.5% to $4,699.02 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Yet our purchase of 4,500,000 ounces, troy weight, or 187 tons, of silver a month, at market price, brought into the United States large amounts of silver from all parts of the world.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John