# Melt Value of 2012 Olympic Gold Medal

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-value-of-2012-olympic-gold-medal/630107 "2012-08-01T22:12:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-value-of-2012-olympic-gold-medal/630107/1 "2012-08-01T22:12:17Z")

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Assuming gold at $1600 per troy ounce, what is the melt value of a 2012 Olympic Gold Medal?

How about the Silver? Bronze?

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-value-of-2012-olympic-gold-medal/630107/2 "2012-08-01T22:19:42Z")

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[Um, that’s not even slightly hard to find out – every Olympics you get dozens of articles on the subject.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=value+of+olympic+medals)

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-value-of-2012-olympic-gold-medal/630107/3 "2012-08-01T22:25:41Z")

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And as you might guess, the information is also in the [Wikipedia article on the London Games](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics#Medals). FYI, the gold medal is actually mostly silver and is worth about $644.