United States customary units mass: tower, apothecaries', troy, avoirdupois, and metric. Of these, the avoirdupois weight is the most common system used in the U.S., although Troy weight is still used to weigh precious metals. Apothecaries weight—once used by pharmacies—has been largely replaced by metric measurements. Tower weight fell out of use in England (due to legal prohibition in 1527) centuries ago, and was never used in the U.S. The imperial system, which is still used for some measures in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, is based on avoirdupois, with variations from U.S. customary units larger than a pound. The pound avoirdupois,
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