Olympic gold: $ 550

Gold Medal 2014 Olympics was estimated at $ 550. This low cost awards due to its composition: the fact that it is not made of gold and silver (525 grams) .

Gold in Olympic medals the highest dignity of all six grams - it consists of an upper layer covering medal.

In that case, if the Sochi Olympic medal was cast in gold, its price in the market amounted to about 21 thousand dollars. What is the current trading value of rewards, not utochnyaetsya.

Silver Medal experts estimated at $ 310 and a bronze, which is actually made of an alloy of copper, tin and zinc, all in 3 dollars and 25 tsentov.

In assessing the value of awards took into account the average market price of the metals used in the production of Olympic medals.

Source: sochi.lenta.ru/news/2014/02/09/gold/