It depends on how thin the wire is. Silver is very ductile. According to one source(*), an ounce of silver can be drawn out into a wire 60 miles long (316,800 feet) - such a wire would make a human hair look very thick by comparison. As a point of comparison, the same source notes that an ounce of gold, the most ductile of metals, can be drawn out into a wire 1300 miles (6,864,000 feet) long! (*) Hassell, Joseph, "Common Things and Elementary Science in the Form of Object Lessons", Blackie & Son, London, 1884. page 326 http://books.Google.com/books?id=3qEIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0
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A bit less than 14 dimes makes a troy ounce of silver.
SILVER and Gold are measured in many ways the international standard is a system called "Troy Measurements." In Troy one pound (lb) is divided up into 12 Troy Ounces and each Troy Ounce is divided into 20 units called Pennyweight (dwt). A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams, which is about 10 percent more than the avoirdupois ounce, which is 28.349523125 grams. In July 2010, silver is running about $18.25 an ounce or about $220 a Troy pound.
Silver Weight : 0.3617 Troy Ounce
1 troy ounce = 0.0311034768 kilograms
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There are thirty one grams in a Troy ounce.
There are approximately 31.1035 grams in a Troy ounce.
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There are approximately 480 grains in 1 ounce of silver.
Silver & gold are weighed by the Troy ounce which is 31.1 grams.
A mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver. You would need 13.83 mercury dimes to get 1 troy ounce of Silver.
A bit less than 14 dimes makes a troy ounce of silver.
1 ounce = 0.91146 troy oz
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31.1 in an American ounce. There is no American ounce. There is the Avoirdupois ounce which is 28.35 grams and the troy ounce which is 31.10g used for quantifying gold and silver bullion.
1 troy ounce of silver is 480 grains.