This pin comes from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of twenty-two pins that make up a Czech Republic set, four of which are hockey themed pins. This snowflake shaped pin has a silver colored base metal, and only 300 of this pin were produced. Meanwhile, only 100 of the gold base metal version were produced. The same production numbers apply to the silver and gold version of the Czech sliding goalie pins that are also part of this set. Of all the pins available during the 2010 Games, perhaps none were as controversial as this set of pins. There is Internet chatter proclaiming these pins to be fakes, as found on the tremendously informative http://www.olympicnocpins.com/:
This well-researched website goes on to report that the Finance Minister of the Czech Republic NOC in Prague declared this set to be unauthorized. Meanwhile, an individual with a strong seller rating that has sold this set of pins on eBay has strenuously countered that the pins are official. I am most certainly not the one to put an end to this raging debate. I just know that the pins are attractive and make a nice addition to a collection, even if only for the story behind them. I would place the value of this silver snowflake hockey pin at $20.00 USD, but fake or not I have seen this single pin sell for $50.00 USD. Do you have any comments or information to share about this pin?
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