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All thats Gold, really isn't Gold
roastedcat
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Heres an interesting article I read today on Yahoo, I always thought those Olympic medals were made of solid gold, I guess not.
Olympic Gold Medals
>>>>"Not counting labor, the metal content alone for the Athens medals comes to more than $400,000, and the gold medals are not even pure gold. Not that the International Olympic Committee (news - web sites) was considering solid gold medals -- the last medals of pure gold were awarded in Stockholm in 1912.
Nowadays, gold medals are actually made of silver, with a coating of six grams (about one-fifth of an ounce) of gold -- about $83 worth at current prices. "<<<<
Jery
Olympic Gold Medals
>>>>"Not counting labor, the metal content alone for the Athens medals comes to more than $400,000, and the gold medals are not even pure gold. Not that the International Olympic Committee (news - web sites) was considering solid gold medals -- the last medals of pure gold were awarded in Stockholm in 1912.
Nowadays, gold medals are actually made of silver, with a coating of six grams (about one-fifth of an ounce) of gold -- about $83 worth at current prices. "<<<<
Jery
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