Comments on: Price of Olympic Medals http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wendy Tsao http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html/comment-page-1#comment-339114 Wendy Tsao Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:31:31 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=723#comment-339114 My friends went to the Royal Mint Pavilion during the Olympics 2010, where they learned that with materials and labour, the cost of making each medal was approximately $4000. The best way to find out would be to contact the Canadian Royal Mint. My friends went to the Royal Mint Pavilion during the Olympics 2010, where they learned that with materials and labour, the cost of making each medal was approximately $4000. The best way to find out would be to contact the Canadian Royal Mint.

]]> By: Boyd http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html/comment-page-1#comment-338526 Boyd Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:48:20 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=723#comment-338526 See: http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/vancouver2010/2009/10/15/11411996.html "The 615 Olympic and 399 Paralympic medals weigh 500 to 576 grams and were made by the Royal Canadian Mint using metal supplied by Vancouver mining giant Teck Resources. The metal was sourced from Teck mines in B.C., Ontario, Newfoundland, Alaska, Chile and Peru. The medals also include metal recovered from recycled circuit boards." These medals are HEAVY. I would expect most precious metals produced in the last few years would contain some recycled metal from circuit boards. The trick would be proving it - and what percent. from circuit boards See: http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/vancouver2010/2009/10/15/11411996.html
“The 615 Olympic and 399 Paralympic medals weigh 500 to 576 grams and were made by the Royal Canadian Mint using metal supplied by Vancouver mining giant Teck Resources. The metal was sourced from Teck mines in B.C., Ontario, Newfoundland, Alaska, Chile and Peru. The medals also include metal recovered from recycled circuit boards.” These medals are HEAVY.
I would expect most precious metals produced in
the last few years would contain some recycled metal from circuit boards. The trick would be
proving it – and what percent.
from circuit boards

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html/comment-page-1#comment-338026 Anonymous Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:13:53 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=723#comment-338026 92.5% is the purity of the silver not the ratio by volume in the medal. What carat of gold goes on the medal? 92.5% is the purity of the silver not the ratio by volume in the medal. What carat of gold goes on the medal?

]]> By: Free Money Finance http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html/comment-page-1#comment-4139 Free Money Finance Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:55:24 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=723#comment-4139 <strong>Star Money Articles for the Week of February 13</strong> My favorite posts this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: Consumerism Commentary advises not to buy stuff you can't afford. AllThingsFinancial has questions about a debit card for a 10-year-old. Five Cent Nickel talks about the accurac... Star Money Articles for the Week of February 13

My favorite posts this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: Consumerism Commentary advises not to buy stuff you can’t afford. AllThingsFinancial has questions about a debit card for a 10-year-old. Five Cent Nickel talks about the accurac…

]]> By: Carman http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/price-of-olympic-medals.html/comment-page-1#comment-4083 Carman Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=723#comment-4083 Why don't you just check eBay? Why don’t you just check eBay?

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