Do you know how much the World Cup costs?
Periskopi
(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The World Cup Trophy dreams of every football fan to at least touch it once. This trophy that we know today was designed by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga in 1971. The Trophy is 36 cm long, made of 18 carat gold, and weighed six pounds [6 kg]. The green foundation of the trophy is [...]
The Trophy is 36 cm long, made of 18 carat gold, and weighed six pounds [6 kg]. The green base of the trophy is made with a semi-precious mineral called machit. Malakit was selected because he was found on every continent and is green, like most football fields.
At that time the cup was valued at the price of $50,000 (42,000,000 euros), and now this trophy is worth $10 million.