Olympic gold medals are actually mostly silver
Paris’ Olympic gold medals are mostly silver and worth about $900.
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00:00Olympic gold medals are actually mostly silver.
00:03Wait, let me explain why.
00:05The International Olympic Committee stopped awarding pure gold medals in 1912.
00:10This year's medals contain 6 grams of gold, but 92.5% of the weight of gold medals are
00:16actually silver.
00:17There is also a piece of Paris inside too.
00:20The 2024 medals contain a small piece of the Eiffel Tower.
00:23In total, they're worth about $900.
00:26The highest total ever.
00:28But they would probably fetch more than their medal value since silver prices are also a
00:32lot higher this year.