Lot (fineness)
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Lot (fineness)
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A Lot was an old unit of measurement for the relative fineness to gross weight in metallurgy and especially in coinage until the 19th century. A Lot was thus a proportion of the precious metal content in a piece of metal. It was used in the four main monetary systems of Germany: Austrian, South German, North German and Hamburg. The lot was defined as the sixteenth part of a Mark. For example, in silver, the total weight was divided into 16 (proportional) Lots until about 1857, according to which
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Unit of measurement
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_(fineness)
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2023-04-14T14:09:18Z
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