About ... Bridge Pins

Besides all of the pins commemorating the 2010 Winter Games, as a collector, you'll be able to find pins from past Summer and Winter Olympics too.

And, if you look hard enough, you may be able to find pins for the 2002 Salt Lake Games, 2004 Athens Games, 2006 Torino Games and 2008 Beijing Games — plus a wide assortment of bid pins for 2010, 2012 and 2014.

One way that pins link the Olympics is through "bridge" pins, which feature the logos and names of two different Games.

For example, one bridge pin might feature the 1998 Nagano Games and 2002 Salt Lake Games as consecutive Winter Olympics. Another pin may feature the 2000 Sydney Summer Games and the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games as consecutive Olympics.

They are usually produced to coincide with the closing of one Games and the "passing of the flame" to the next Host City. Watch for them ... there's not many made!