Gold
- 999.999 (The purest gold ever produced. Refined by the Perth Mint in 1958.)
- 999.99 (The purest type of gold in the market)
- 999.9 Four-nine purity, e.g. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf and Panda-Pagoda investment coins
- 999 (Fineness equivalent to 24 carat, also known as three nines fine)
- 995 the minimum allowed in Good Delivery gold bars
- 990 also known as two nines fine
- 986 also known as ducat fineness, formerly used by venetian and Holy Roman Empire mints, still in use in Austria and Hungary
- 958.3 (equivalent to 23 carat)
- 916 (equivalent to 22 carat) gold is used in the Krugerrand investment coins
- 900 part gold was mostly used in Latin Monetary Union mintage (e.g. French and Swiss "Napoleon coin" 20 francs)
- 833 (equivalent to 20 carat)
- 750 (equivalent to 18 carat)
- 625 (equivalent to 15 carat)
- 585 (equivalent to 14 carat)
- 417 (equivalent to 10 carat)
- 375 (equivalent to 9 carat)
- 333 (equivalent to 8 carat; minimum standard for gold in Germany after 1884)
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