The Olympic Games have been held for many sessions, and each gold medal is also the most popular, so among so many gold medals, which gold medal has a higher gold content? Which gold medal is more expensive?
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First of all, we must start with the regulations for the production of Olympic gold medals.
In the very beginning, the size of the Olympic gold medal, the design of the pattern and the quality composition were not clearly stipulated, and even the first Olympic Games did not use gold to make gold medals at all, only silver and bronze medals. At the third Olympic Games, the first place won a medal made of gold.
With the increasing number of Olympic Games, the rule design is becoming more and more perfect, and there are higher requirements for the production and requirements of medals. According to the regulations: the front of the medal is a fixed pattern prescribed by the International Olympic Committee, while the back can be designed by the host country itself.
Among them, the diameter of the medal is not less than 60 mm, and the thickness is not less than 3 mm. Here to add a cold knowledge, the gold medal is not actually made of gold, but gilded, according to the regulations, the champion's medal must be silver, the purity grade should be between 925 and 1000, of which the quality of gold is not less than 6 grams.
The reason why pure gold is not used is partly because there are many Olympic sports, and a large number of gold medals need to be produced, which is too expensive. On the other hand, because pure gold is a soft metal and easy to deform, gold plating is used.
The gold medal at this year's Tokyo Olympics, measuring 85 mm, was 7.7 mm at its thinnest point and 12.1 mm at its thickest point, and the gold medal weighed 556 grams, but only 6 grams were gold and the rest were silver. More importantly, the source of these materials is all extracted from e-waste, and the cost of making metal is about 5,000 yuan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" which gold medal is the most valuable >? </h1>
From the perspective of pure gold content, the gold medal of the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games in Sweden was the gold medal with the most gold content, this is because the entire gold medal was made of pure gold, but the quality of the gold medal was lighter, only 24 grams, plus the price of gold at that time was not high, so the production cost was not high, but with the rise in gold prices, the metal price of the gold medal also began to rise.
In addition to the pure gold medal, the heavier the weight of the rest of the Olympic medals, the higher the value, after all, except for 6 grams of gold, the rest are silver, and the metal price is more transparent.
The only exception is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where the gold medal design adopts a "gold inlaid jade" design.
The gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was 70mm in diameter and 6mm in thickness, with a total mass of 244.5 grams and a pure gold of 6.5 grams. More importantly, the Beijing Olympic Medal also contains a piece of jade, the jade used in the gold medal is Hetian white jade, and the color requirements are extremely high, can not be gray, can not be yellow; the color should be uniform, can not appear spots, not to appear stripes, etc., the requirements for jade are very high.
Since ancient times, China has said that "gold is valuable and jade is priceless", so the cost of gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games can be described as "priceless", even today, it is difficult to predict its value.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > the most expensive gold medal</h1>
The value of a gold medal cannot be measured by the cost of making a gold medal, but in the auction market, people can buy Olympic medals with money. However, the value of each gold medal is not the same, and even the medals of the same Olympic Games will be distinguished by the price of the medal winner and the medal event.
Historically, the most expensive gold medal was auctioned for $1,466,574, or about 9.5 million yuan (excluding inflation) at today's exchange rates.
The reason why this gold medal was able to be auctioned at such a high price is partly because of the age of the gold medal, which was won at the 1936 Olympic Games.
The reason on the other hand is because his recipient is the legendary Owens. More importantly, there is also a legend behind this gold medal.
The 1936 Berlin Olympics were hosted by the Nazis, and Hitler wanted to prove the superiority of the Aryan race through this Olympic Games, but unexpectedly, Jesse Owens, a descendant of black slaves, won 4 gold medals in the competition.
It was jesse Owens, who was black, who suppressed the Nazi limelight in this Olympics that he became a legend at the time.
The 4 medals he won were also worth a lot, but for various reasons, the other 3 gold medals were lost, but this gold medal was given to his friend Bill Robinson and thus saved.
It can also be seen from this that the value of the medal is not in how expensive the gold medal is to manufacture, but in the popularity, legend and historical significance of the medal winner.
Of course, for many athletes, gold medals are an affirmation of achievement and cannot be measured in money, so few athletes are willing to sell their gold medals.