RANKED: World’s most valuable trophies by gold-silver weight

With many of the world’s biggest football leagues wrapping up this Sunday, it’s the perfect moment to consider the tangible value behind some of the world’s most coveted trophies. Stripped of their cultural and symbolic significance, one might wonder just how much are these iconic awards actually worth in raw materials alone?Using data supplied by The Gold Bullion Company, we’ve ranked the world’s most prestigious prizes—from the gleaming Nobel medallions to the highest honors in global sports—based on the market value of the precious metals used to craft them.The iconic FIFA World Cup, awarded every four years to the champions of the world’s largest single-event sporting competition, tops the list with a gold-silver value of £359,632.The next most valuable is the prestigious Ballon d’Or, awarded to the world’s best male footballer each year as voted by journalists, with a calculated value of £291,200.Rounding out the top 3 is the historic Ryder Cup, awarded biennially to the winning team of the prestigious golf showdown between Europe and the United States, valued at £105,669.If course, not all trophies are made entirely from precious metals such as gold or silver. If they were, then the ranking would also change.In that case, the English Premier League trophy—an emblem of the highest footballing success in England—would hold the biggest value, with a potential cost of £1.48 million if its 25,400-gram weight was all made from solid gold.To view more rankings, including biggest trophies in the music and film industries, click here.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Mining.com Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Mining.com