"The iconic Olympic gold medal is not a gold medal at all," according to THIS CNN article today. "At current gold prices, if each medal were made entirely of the stuff, they would be worth about $20,000 each... The gold medal is comprised of
92.5% silver, just 1.34% -- or six grams -- of gold and the rest is made
of copper. And funny thing about copper: It also makes up 97% of the bronze medal."
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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