Beijing, July 31, diameter 85 mm, 7 mm thick, and weighs 400 grams, the weight of the London Olympic Games gold medal before more than twice the average weight of five Olympic gold medals as the biggest gold medal in the Summer Olympic Games in history, morethe 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold medal weight 17 times in size almost two times the medals awarded in the stadium of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. But unfortunately, compared to the priceless in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games gold Gold Medal, the value of the London Olympic Games gold medal should the poor.
London Olympics will be 302 games, tournament organizers awarded 4700 medals. In accordance with the requirements of the IOC, the host can determine the design and composition of the medals, medals proportion of material must be fixed. The gold medal should contain 92.5% pure silver, foreign-plated gold, gold weighing not less than 6 grams. However, this provision may make in a recession, the United Kingdom once bankruptcy.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the New York gold futures prices less than $ 800, however, today's gold price has doubled. Thus, although the weight of 1 pound, about 8 cm in diameter, 7 mm thick, but the budget of the London Olympic Organizing Committee came up with a way, the gold content of each Olympic gold medal in the 6 g, 1.5% of the total weight of only the surface plated particularly thin layer of gold, the remaining 93% silver and 6% copper, the entire gold medal in the value of approximately $ 650 (about 4148 yuan). The silver medal with 93% silver and 7% of copper, worth $ 335 (about 2138 yuan). While copper 97% zinc and 2.5%, 0.5% tin bronze value is less than $ 5 (about 32 yuan).
However, the value of metallic materials of the London Olympic Games medals is not the cheapest. According to the Wall Street Journal reported that the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games awarded medals small head, combined with gold, silver prices all the way down, then the value of the gold medal material is only about $ 80. Which Olympic Games dare as the 1912 Stockholm Olympics as issued for every champion a heavy gold gold medal in the open since.
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