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This Rare Gold Medal From the 1904 Olympics Sold for More Than $500,000
The artifact, from the first Games held in the United States, reaped the third-highest price ever fetched for an Olympic medal at auction ...
Some Paris Olympic winners say their medals are falling apart — and are asking for replacements
Some athletes who took podium spots at last summer's Paris Games say their medals, designed by an LVMH-owned jewelry brand, ...
A rare gold medal from 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
Unlike Olympic medals these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were smaller and made entirely of ...
Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after quickly deteriorating
Some of the medals from the Paris Olympics seem to be quickly losing their shine. The French mint tells The Associated Press ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
The medal, awarded to American Fred Schule, includes the original ribbon and leather case. This was the first Olympics where gold medals were awarded and the Americans took advantage, winning 78 ...