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.