Here's a pin made for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The pin supports the women's hockey tournament and bears the flags of each of the countries participating in the 2014 Games--Russian Federation, Canada, United States, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Japan. The value of this pin is around $9.00 USD, however, I have already seen it sell for over $45.00. Based on pin activity leading up to prior Olympic Games, it would appear that there may be fewer hockey pins released for the Sochi Games, but only time will tell. I did read yesterday that the Sochi Games are expected to cost nearly $50 billion dollars, which is more than all other Winter Olympic Games combined (for example, the Salt Lake Games in 2002 cost around $2.5 billion). Originally it was thought the 2014 Games would cost around $12 billion. Anyway, there's just sixteen more days until the 2014 Winter Olympics get underway.
