Abucco

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In Pegu, Burma, the abucco (plural abucci or abuccos) is a unit of mass once used[when?] to measure the mass of gold and silver. It is approximately equivalent to 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.[1]

Other units of mass used in Burma were:

  • 1 biza = 4 agiros = 8 abucci = 100 teccalis
  • 1 agiro = 2 abucci = 25 teccalis
  • 1 abacco = ​12 12 teccalis

See also

References

  1. Kisch, Bruno (1965). Scales and Weights. Yale University Press, orig. University of California. p. 237. https://books.google.com/books?id=Odi4AAAAIAAJ&q=abucco+gold+silver. Retrieved 2025-09-15.