Some are distinguished by design or material, such as the nearly two pounds of solid gold that King Philip II of Spain attached to his profession of fealty to Pope Paul IV in 1555.
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Among the successes were the Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase with Teeton Mill in 1998.
While they wait, they can admire some of the statues originally sent in by various states for display in the Capitol proper, such as Hawaii's gold-covered King Kamehameha.
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The Sun King drank his from a gold cup, a gift from the King of Siam.
In Ireland, 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King finished a disappointing third behind shock winner Ballistraw in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park.
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Olympic gold medal cyclist Dani King performed the opening ceremony.
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The former world number one had also been among the pre-event favourites for Sunday's King George V Gold Cup on Sunday aboard his probable London 2012 horse Gig Amai.
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The recent break in the gold price, in which the king commodity has completed a 20% drop since the high point of late last year, holds a clue.
But back in Ghana, she stands out as a gold crown-wearing, scepter-holding king who lives in a refurbished palace.
Trying to preserve her youth, Diane de Poitiers, mistress of French King Henry II, died from drinking gold.
Some were tempted by promises of land, others by the fact that the king's armies paid in a gold-backed currency, not paper dollars.
Why is the king (Ian McShane, all dressed in gold) so hard and then so inexplicably soft?
Foxchapel King was well down the field when Irish Gold Cup hope Beef Or Salmon won the Ericsson Chase last month but put in an brave display here, giving away 23lb to the winner.
With an impressive 20 percent annualized return, silver is king of the commodity space over the past decade with gold (19 percent annualized) and copper (18 percent annualized) following closely behind.
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Like King Midas turning his daughter and all of his food into gold.
However, when gold begins to fall it will herald that the dollar will once again be king, this will decimate the stock market.
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It is one of the earliest wrecks dating from the beginning of Spanish colonisation and disappeared with a huge cargo of gold and silver along with gems and cultural objects specially collected to show the king of Spain the extent of the wealth of the New World.
Paul Barrington-King, Tunbridge Wells borough councillor for Pembury, said there was a "gold rush" of families moving to "desirable" Tunbridge Wells.
The former King's School, Worcester pupil teamed up with Mark Hunter to win gold in the men's lightweight double sculls in Beijing - the first time Great Britain had won the Olympic title in this category.
The gold standard for a successful transition from the pop world is Elton John, whose repurposed music for "The Lion King" film has helped make the stage version a global phenomenon.
The Dwarf King and the dragon are literary doppelgangers of one another, both of them in a mimetic rivalry for gold, therefore both of them sharing the same love which brings out inevitable conflict.
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