Olympic gold medals are not made entirely of gold. In fact, they are made of at least 95% silver, which contains at least 6 grams of gold. Gold is much more expensive than silver. However, it is made of alloy metal, a gold medal is worth only 5 550, while a silver medal is worth about 300 300. Is. Both gold and silver medals are silver. Gold medals are covered with gold. Each Olympic gold medal is made of 210 grams of silver and is covered with 6 grams of 24 carat gold.
Gold is 100 times more expensive than silver, so a full gold Olympic medal will cost 00 30,000! That is why they only add a lot of gold to give the medal a characteristic golden color.
A bronze medal made of cheap copper and zinc costs only 2 dollar