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An Olympic Gold medal is worth 25,000 U.S. Dollars
The Olympic gold medal is plated with six grams of pure gold. The medal is mostly silver (92.5%).
A round medal with an Olympic logo on it.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
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There are hundreds of Olympic gold medal winners alive as of 2013.
The gold medal is 1.34% gold and 92.5% silver.
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The Olympic gold medal is awarded for coming first in an Olympic event. It looks like a small golden circle.
The 2004 Olympic gold medal team was from Cuba. The 2008 Olympic gold medal game will be between Cuba and South Korea.
The Olympic gold medal must be coated with no less than 6 grams of 24-carat gold.
Only U.S. Olympic athletes are liable to pay income tax on medals earned and prizes received at the London games. Under U.S. tax law, they must add the value of their Olympic medals and prizes to their taxable income. At today's commodity prices, the value of a gold medal is about $675. A silver medal is worth about $385 while a bronze medal is worth under $5. There are also prizes that accompany each medal: $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.