Standard Investment Gold Bar Sizes

• 400 troy ounces (12.5 kilos)
• 32.15 troy ounces (1 kilo)
• 10 troy ounces
• 1 troy ounce

A wide variety of smaller bars by many manufacturers is not deliverable to any exchange, but trades among markets in smaller markets. Troy weight is based on a pound of 12 ounces and an ounce of 480 grains. It is the universal measure by which gold is weighed and sold in all international markets.

Karat Gold Conversions

• 24-karat = 0.995 to 0.999 pure (fine) gold
• 22-karat = 0.916 pure (fine) gold
• 18-karat = 0.750 pure (fine) gold
• 14-karat = 0.583 pure (fine) gold
• 10-karat = 0.4167 pure (fine) gold

the purity of gold jewelry is always classified in karat (also known as carat). A karat is the traditional measure of purity contained in the alloy of gold used to make a piece of jewelry; the scale ranges from 1 to 24, with 24-karat representing pure gold. Karat measure is rarely applied to bullion or bullion coin products.

The foregoing is not meant to be a complete compilation of gold vital statistics, but only an attempt to cover some of the more salient terms and characteristics found by gold investors on a regular basis.