Here are some fun little facts about gold and Cash4Gold.com

• Approximately 100 pounds of gold are received by Cash4Gold on an average day.

• To refine gold, it must be melted down into more manageable bars. Gold melts at 1,947.97 ºF.

• Cash4Gold has received nearly 70,000 pounds of gold since the company launched, more than the weight of four adult male African elephants.

• Speaking of Africa, South Africa produces more gold than any other country in the world.

• Cash4Gold sends out 150,000 Refiner’s Return Kits per month to customers looking to exchange their broken or unwanted gold jewelry for cash.

• Approximately 152,000 metric tons of gold has been extracted from the world’s mines. That’s enough gold to fill 60 tractor trailers.

• Cash4Gold has received some interesting items, as you can imagine. Among them are a 1996 Super Bowl ring, cast silver Disney murals and a one pound solid gold pig. Thanks to an alert Cash4Gold employee, the Super Bowl ring was returned to former Pittsburgh Steeler Brenden Stai, who had been separated from the ring for more than eight years.

• The Academy Award “Oscar” trophy is dipped in 24-karat gold. The trophy is made of “Britannia,” a high-grade pewter alloy.

• Cash4Gold handed out 300 turkeys to its employees for Thanksgiving in 2008.

• At one time, the Olympic gold medal was made of solid gold. Now, it must include at least six grams of 24-karat gold.

• The price of gold exceeded $1,000 an ounce on Wall Street twice: in 2008 and for one day in 2009.

• Some of gold’s most useful characteristics are that it does not rust or corrode, conducts heat and electricity, and is the softest and most malleable metal in its purest form. Because of these things, gold is often used in electronics.

• Gold is not toxic. In fact, gold leaf was historically used on food as a sign of wealth and is sometimes used today in some liquors.

• Gold is thought to be an effective treatment for arthritis.