From Barclays commodity research note: “Olympic medals use a lot of metal but these days the gold medal is mostly silver. The silver medal is sterling silver while the bronze is largely copper. The last time the Olympic Games handed out solid gold medals was a hundred years ago at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Sweden. This year's 2,300 Summer Olympic medals are being guarded at the Tower of London until the Games begin - officially today. The 2012 gold medal is 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the rest copper. The silver medal is 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper, and the bronze medal is 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin”.
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