This pin was produced following the United States' women's hockey team's gold medal victory in the inaugural women's Olympic ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. Going into the tournament, the Canadian women were highly favored as they had consistently beaten all of their competition for years, including the United States. However, it would be the Americans that skated away with Olympic gold at Nagano, winning the final match against their North American rivals by a score of 3-1. The United States (5-0), Canada (4-1), Finland (3-2), China (2-3), Sweden (1-4) and Japan (0-5) each had a team in the tournament. There were only 1998 of these individually numbered pins produced, and the value of the pin is $10.00 USD.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
1998 Women's Inaugural Ice Hockey Gold Medal Pin
This pin was produced following the United States' women's hockey team's gold medal victory in the inaugural women's Olympic ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. Going into the tournament, the Canadian women were highly favored as they had consistently beaten all of their competition for years, including the United States. However, it would be the Americans that skated away with Olympic gold at Nagano, winning the final match against their North American rivals by a score of 3-1. The United States (5-0), Canada (4-1), Finland (3-2), China (2-3), Sweden (1-4) and Japan (0-5) each had a team in the tournament. There were only 1998 of these individually numbered pins produced, and the value of the pin is $10.00 USD.
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