What does it mean by "100 mills"? - Tutorials and .Traduire cette page
14/06/2012 · Regardless, as an undefined term, "100 mills" to one manufacturer or retailer may not be the same as "100 mills" to another. I can only repeat my previous advice to ignore gold content (since any would be very limited in value, perhaps several pence) and simply buy an item if you will enjoy it.
Hello, I am new to coin collecting. I have seen some coins advertised along the lines of "24k gold 100 mills". What does the 100 mills refer to? I...They're gold plated - the reference is to the thickness of the plating. Generally speaking, most items advertised as such are generally items that...But what does the "mills" refer to? Sounds like millimetres but obviously not. Maybe micrometres?It's an undefined term. Some believe it to be millionths of an inch, but I've yet to see anything that provides a definition.Huh. Tried figuring it out, too, with no luck!I also thought that maybe it means how many times the gold has been milled to make it into gold leaf to use for coating the coin? Or maybe 100 laye...Plating is done chemically and doesn't involve gold leaf, which would be gilding. Regardless, as an undefined term, "100 mills" to one manufacturer...It's mils, M-I-L-S. A mil is 0.001 inch. So 100 mils is about one-tenth of an inch, which, in turn, sounds way too high for gold plating. See "mil"...I understand that yes, "mil" is a unit of thickness as well as a general term for 1/1000 (occasionally seen in currency, if if I remember correctly...
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