Most American and European gold jewellery is made of an alloy of gold, the purity of which is stated in karats, indicated by a number followed by the letter K. American gold jewellery must be of at least 10K purity ( 41. 7 % pure gold ), ( though in the UK the number is 9K ( 37. 5 % pure gold ) and is typically found up to 18K ( 75 % pure gold ).

Most nations abandoned the gold standard in the 1930s.

Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.

Most were perfectly aware of their chance of finding significant amounts of gold were slim to none, and went for the adventure.

Most of them were brought as contract coolies to build the railroad, but many had come originally in pursuit of gold.

Most sousaphones are manufactured from sheet brass, usually yellow or silver, with silver, lacquer, and gold plating options, much like many brass instruments.

Alberta captured the gold medal in the tournament, with Wickenheiser scoring the game-winning goal and being named the Most Valuable Player of the final game.

Most monetarists oppose the gold standard.

Most recently, the Colosseum was illuminated in gold when capital punishment was abolished in the American state of New Mexico in April 2009.

Most surgeons historically have performed the open procedure, widely considered to be the gold standard.

Most of Guyana's reserves of bauxite, gold, and diamonds are found in this region.

Most of the production occurred before 1868 and much of the placer is now under the streets and buildings of Helena ( but even as late as the 1970s, when repairs were being made to a bank, a vein of placer gold was found under the bank's foundation ).

Most other entries featured variations on the territorial seal, the midnight sun, the northern lights, polar bears, and / or gold pans.

Most of the commercial activity during the territorial period centered on gold mining and the supply of provisions to miners.

Most of the gold was stripped from the mines by 1877, but the town was now established and merchants who came to serve the miners stayed to serve the nearby ranchers.

Most famous of the lifeboatmen was Henry Blogg, who received the RNLI gold medal for heroism three times, and the silver medal four times.

: 1731, 27th, Bartolomeo Crisofani, called Bartolo Padovano, died, famous instrument maker to the Most Serene Grand Prince Ferdinando of fond memory, and he was a skillful maker of keyboard instruments, and also the inventor of the pianoforte, that is known through all Europe, and who served His Majesty the King of Portugal V, who paid two hundred gold louis d ' or for the said instruments, and he died, as has been said, at the age of eighty-one years.

Most aides-de-camp wear a gold pattern aiguillette when acting in their official capacity, however members of St. John Ambulance Canada wear silver aiguillettes consistent with their other accoutrements.

Most of the gold used to mint Finnish gold coins comes from Lapland.

Most coins presently are made of a base metal, and their value comes from their status as fiat money.

Most modern currencies are fiat currency, allowing the coins to be made of base metal.

Most of them we know only by their coins, a great many of which are found in Afghanistan.

Most of his appearances on SNL have been on Weekend Update, including one where he reported that " The take at the shrines in Italy has gone down " which he suggested correcting by creating " Shrinemobiles " and thus taking the shrines to where the people were, and another where he is sent to London to try to wake up Paul McCartney at 4: 30 in the morning ( 11: 30 in New York ) by throwing coins, obnoxiously singing The Beatles and Wings songs, and finally, throwing a rock at the window ( he says it works every time ).

Most issues carry the standard obverse design as used on contemporary British coins, such as the effigy of HM The Queen by Raphael Maklouf between 1990 and 1997 and the later design by Ian Rank-Broadley since 1998, but special effigies have also been used on occasion.

Most pennies produced there were made from dies from the Aberystwyth mint, so they look very similar to Aberystwyth coins.

Most Commonwealth countries still issue crown-sized coins for sale to collectors.

Most people preferred bank check or gold coins for large purchases.

Most of the notes and coins in circulations feature Hong Kong's Bauhinia flower or other symbols.

Most famous finds are represented by silver coins, bearing inscriptions ( biatecs in most cases ).

Most error coins demand a premium when sold, if they are modern coins, dependent upon the rarity of the type of error as well as the rarity of that type of error on a particular denomination.

Most coins are circular but some were rectangular.

Most coins enter circulation through the change drawers of businesses.

Most U. S. vending machines do not accept half dollars, nor do payphones, which further curtails its circulation ; however, most sleight of hand magicians specializing in coin magic around the world prefer the half dollar for its size and weight, and it is the most common denomination used for U. S. commemorative coins.

Most world commemorative coins were issued from the 1960s onward, although there are numerous examples of commemorative coins of earlier date.

Most vending machines and parking meters have been redesigned, however, to accept dollar coins for purchase over a quarter-dollar.

Most proof coins are double struck.

Most modern currencies are fiat currency, allowing the coins to be made of base metal.

Most of his relatively few coins have been found in northern Pakistan, indicating that he ruled a smaller principate around the lower Kabul valley.

Most of Kujula's coins were Hellenic or Roman in inspiration.

* Most Coins: The player with the most oros ( coins ) gets one point.

Most americium is produced by bombarding uranium or plutonium with neutrons in nuclear reactors – one tonne of spent nuclear fuel contains about 100 grams of americium.

Most of the helium produced on Earth ( approximately 99 % of it ) is the result of the alpha decay of underground deposits of minerals containing uranium or thorium.

Most agates occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or ancient lavas where they represent cavities originally produced by the disengagement of volatiles in the molten mass which were then filled, wholly or partially, by siliceous matter deposited in regular layers upon the walls.

-short for " The Collective Consciousness Society "-which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's " Whole Lotta Love ", which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops between 1971 and 1981.

Most of the hydrogen and helium in the universe was produced primordially in the first few minutes of the Big Bang.

Most curium is produced by bombarding uranium or plutonium with neutrons in nuclear reactors – one tonne of spent nuclear fuel contains about 20 grams of curium.

Most purebred dairy calves are produced by artificial insemination ( AI ).

Most methods of hormonal contraception work primarily by preventing ovulation, but their effectiveness is increased because they prevent the fertile types of cervical mucus from being produced.

Most Arthurian romances of this period produced in English or Welsh did not follow this trend ; Camelot was referred to infrequently, and usually in translations from French.

Most recently a facsimile reprint was produced for the church at Voree, Wisconsin by Richard Drew in 1993.

Most EISA cards produced were either SCSI or network cards.

Most scholars believe that the community at Qumran that allegedly produced the Dead Sea Scrolls was an offshoot of the Essenes ; however, this theory has been disputed by some, for example, by Norman Golb:

Most of the EDA vendors produced EDIF 2 0 0 translators, but they were definitely more interested in generating high-quality EDIF readers, and they had absolutely no motivation at all to write any software that generated EDIF ( an EDIF Writer ), beyond threats from customers of mass migration to another vendor's software.

Most of the grain that is produced worldwide is fed to livestock.

Most of these classic Soviet movies were produced by Mosfilm and other state-owned film studios.

Most trans-isomer fats ( commonly called trans fats ) are commercially produced.

Most disco hits at the time were heavily produced, with multiple voices, overdubs, and adjustments to pitch and speed.

Most container plants are produced in soilless media, representing soilless culture.

Most of their titles are associated with The Vanilla Series, a series of hentai titles produced in Japan by Digital Works which are tied-in with eroge games of the same title.

Most famous Serbian ham ( pršut in Serbian ) is produced in Zlatibor mountain region, especially Mačkat village, where annual ham festival is held every January.

Most insulin used each day is produced during the digestion of meals.

Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids.

Most of the licit morphine produced is used to make codeine by methylation.

Most sheet mica was produced in India ( 3, 500 t ) and Russia ( 1, 500 t ).

Most Np is produced in nuclear reactions: