Case in point: An Olympic medal from 1896 just fetched nearly $112,000 at auction, reports the Observer’s Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly. RR Auction sold the silver medal—along with many ...

Greece in 1896. However, gold medals were not awarded at these inaugural Olympics – competitors were instead given a silver ...

1896 Bronze medal Athens Olympic Games Medals at the Athens games were given to athletes who finished first and second in competition. Winners were given a silver medal and an olive branch while a ...

RIO 2016: The design for the current Summer Olympics once again features Nike on the obverse, and the reverse depicts the emblem of the games along with a subtle, stylized? laurel wreathe.

Stack's Bowers recently included an 1869 Assay Commission medal mule struck in aluminum in its sale that was graded Specimen ...

My Great Grandmother Elizabeth Bennett (Born Camden Town 1884)won this medal for punctual attendance at school every day during the year 1896, it has her name engraved on it. How many children ...

14 silver medals and 12 bronze. Behind Great Britain in the medal count is the United States, with 39 medals won. How many gold medals has Team USA won in tennis? Since the debut of tennis at the ...

In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic cycling history, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria won the women's road race Sunday afternoon in Japan to capture her nation's first Olympic medal since the inaugural ...

This week's top stories show readers' continued interest in the Mint's 230th Anniversary Flowing Hair silver medal, upcoming ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

In 1896, General Weyler of Spain implemented the first wave of the Spanish "Reconcentracion Policy" that sent thousands of Cubans into concentration camps. Under Weyler's policy, the rural ...

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