The Olympic games have not handed out solid gold medals since the 1912 summer games in Stockholm, Sweden.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Next week in London, athletes from around the world will go for the gold. But as it turns out, the Olympic gold medal is mostly made of silver.
Weighing in at 412 grams -- or roughly the weight of a can of green beans -- the gold medal is made up of only 1.34%, or about 6 grams of gold.
The rest is comprised of 93% silver and 6% copper.
Olympic gold medals are made up mostly of silver - Jul. 18, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Next week in London, athletes from around the world will go for the gold. But as it turns out, the Olympic gold medal is mostly made of silver.
Weighing in at 412 grams -- or roughly the weight of a can of green beans -- the gold medal is made up of only 1.34%, or about 6 grams of gold.
The rest is comprised of 93% silver and 6% copper.
Olympic gold medals are made up mostly of silver - Jul. 18, 2012
