Easily one of the busiest pavilions, the Royal Canadian Mint had fantastic crowds of people for one simple reason: they let you touch the medals!

A coworker waited 9 hours in line to get his photo with the Gold medal!

The Million Dollar coin (now actually worth about $3.5Million)

Of course, I had to hold a Gold medal myself too

The main pavilion closed at the end of the Winter Games but I’ve heard they are moving to a different location for the Paralympic Games so you’ll still have a chance to handle the medals. The lineups might even be more manageable.

UPDATE: The Mint has announced it’s new location during the Paralympic Games – The Vancouver Public Library.