Journey Weight
a term applied at the English mint to the weight of certain parcels of coin, which were probably considered formerly as a day's work. The journey weight of gold is 15 troy pounds, which is coined into 701 sovereigns, or 1,402 half-sovereigns. A journey weight of silver weighs 60 pounds troy, and is coined into 792 crowns, or 1,584 half-crowns, or 3,960 shillings, or 7,920 sixpences.