What Are Olympic Medals Made of?
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"The International Olympic Committee requires the gold medal to contain a minimum of six grams of gold and roughly 92.5% silver. The composition of the London gold medal is made up of approximately 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold and 6.16% copper. With gold prices fluctuating around $1,590 per ounce (28.35g), the cost of the required six grams of gold alone equals almost $337. The estimated cost of the 2012 London gold Olympic medal is around $700, making the medal one of the most expensive in Olympic history. A major impact in the high cost is the rising price of precious metals over the recent years. Had the medals been made entirely out of gold, with he current market value, they would cost over $22,000. With about 300 gold medals soon to be awarded at the 2012 Olympic Games, the cost, had the medals been pure gold, would be near $6.6 million. This is substantially more than the approximate $210,000 the actual gold medals will cost to manufacture." http://www.sfgate.com/business/investopedia/article/True-Value-Of-An-Olympic-Medal-3743974.php[^]
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"The International Olympic Committee requires the gold medal to contain a minimum of six grams of gold and roughly 92.5% silver. The composition of the London gold medal is made up of approximately 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold and 6.16% copper. With gold prices fluctuating around $1,590 per ounce (28.35g), the cost of the required six grams of gold alone equals almost $337. The estimated cost of the 2012 London gold Olympic medal is around $700, making the medal one of the most expensive in Olympic history. A major impact in the high cost is the rising price of precious metals over the recent years. Had the medals been made entirely out of gold, with he current market value, they would cost over $22,000. With about 300 gold medals soon to be awarded at the 2012 Olympic Games, the cost, had the medals been pure gold, would be near $6.6 million. This is substantially more than the approximate $210,000 the actual gold medals will cost to manufacture." http://www.sfgate.com/business/investopedia/article/True-Value-Of-An-Olympic-Medal-3743974.php[^]
"Due to cut backs, recessions, and the american dollar, and $pon$or$hip deals, we have switched out the Olympic gold medals for Hershey chocolates wraped in color foil.... Let's see if anyone notices.."
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"Due to cut backs, recessions, and the american dollar, and $pon$or$hip deals, we have switched out the Olympic gold medals for Hershey chocolates wraped in color foil.... Let's see if anyone notices.."
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You know, when you are standing on the stairs, celebrating your victory, publicly unwrap your medal to have a mouthful of chocolate - pure bliss! Hersheys, though?
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"The International Olympic Committee requires the gold medal to contain a minimum of six grams of gold and roughly 92.5% silver. The composition of the London gold medal is made up of approximately 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold and 6.16% copper. With gold prices fluctuating around $1,590 per ounce (28.35g), the cost of the required six grams of gold alone equals almost $337. The estimated cost of the 2012 London gold Olympic medal is around $700, making the medal one of the most expensive in Olympic history. A major impact in the high cost is the rising price of precious metals over the recent years. Had the medals been made entirely out of gold, with he current market value, they would cost over $22,000. With about 300 gold medals soon to be awarded at the 2012 Olympic Games, the cost, had the medals been pure gold, would be near $6.6 million. This is substantially more than the approximate $210,000 the actual gold medals will cost to manufacture." http://www.sfgate.com/business/investopedia/article/True-Value-Of-An-Olympic-Medal-3743974.php[^]
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"The International Olympic Committee requires the gold medal to contain a minimum of six grams of gold and roughly 92.5% silver. The composition of the London gold medal is made up of approximately 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold and 6.16% copper. With gold prices fluctuating around $1,590 per ounce (28.35g), the cost of the required six grams of gold alone equals almost $337. The estimated cost of the 2012 London gold Olympic medal is around $700, making the medal one of the most expensive in Olympic history. A major impact in the high cost is the rising price of precious metals over the recent years. Had the medals been made entirely out of gold, with he current market value, they would cost over $22,000. With about 300 gold medals soon to be awarded at the 2012 Olympic Games, the cost, had the medals been pure gold, would be near $6.6 million. This is substantially more than the approximate $210,000 the actual gold medals will cost to manufacture." http://www.sfgate.com/business/investopedia/article/True-Value-Of-An-Olympic-Medal-3743974.php[^]
So they're not chocolate? Feh. I'm quitting and going home, then. When's the next flight out of London?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You know, when you are standing on the stairs, celebrating your victory, publicly unwrap your medal to have a mouthful of chocolate - pure bliss! Hersheys, though?
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchypeterchen wrote:
You know, when you are standing on the stairs, celebrating your victory, publicly unwrap your medal to have a mouthful of chocolate - pure bliss!
Hersheys, though?Hersheys was the first name that came to mind really :/
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peterchen wrote:
You know, when you are standing on the stairs, celebrating your victory, publicly unwrap your medal to have a mouthful of chocolate - pure bliss!
Hersheys, though?Hersheys was the first name that came to mind really :/
///////////////// -Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
No problem - It's not your fault you live in the North Korea of chocolate. ;P (Though, coming to think of it, North Korea is probably the North Korea of chocolate.)
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