Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems metre, as 1852 metres. Traditionally, both Britain and the US used three different weight systems: troy weight for precious metals, avoirdupois weight for most other purposes and apothecaries' weight for medicines. However, apothecaries' weight has now been superseded by the metric system. One important difference is the widespread use in Britain of the stone of 14 pounds () for body weight. This unit is not used in the United States, although its influence was seen in the practice, until World War II, of selling flour by a barrel of 196 pounds (14 stone). Another difference arose when Britain abolished the
Texas Precious Metals of plastic composite. The mini monster box contains 250 silver rounds, or half a standard monster box. In 2017, Texas Precious Metals spun off the Texas Mint as its own division with the purpose of "expanding the product line and distributing these products to other national dealers". Using the Texas State Capitol as the theme for these products, the Texas Mint introduced one ounce gold rounds, one ounce silver bars, ten ounce silver bars, and one hundred ounce silver bars, in addition to the one ounce Texas Silver Round. In September 2017, the company announced a partnership with Amark Precious