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How much is that Olympic medal worth?

The sports blog Deadspin cross-referenced current prices on precious metals exchanges with Olympic hardware.

This final note today, catching up to where we started, that way modern life has of sucking all the fun out of a once-every-four-years global celebration of sport.

The sports blog Deadspin took its turn today, cross-referencing current prices on precious metals exchanges with Olympic hardware. Gold medals, it turns out, are mostly silver with a gilded layer on top. Street value about $644; silver medals are about $330. Bronze — mostly zinc and tin — worth $5.

Or, if you look at it the right way: Priceless.

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