# Is it just me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me/671108>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me/671108 "2013-10-13T01:20:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me/671108/21 "2013-10-14T19:53:05Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> Don’t know about the rest of it, but 999% purity is clearly wrong.

It’s normally expressed as [.999 fine](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_999_on_a_silver_coin_mean) silver, gold, etc. - meaning 99.9% pure.

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