Lets Melt down the Super Bowl Trophies

[jeff of pa]

Let's Melt down the Super Bowl Trophies

The silver itself has a street value of about $3,500.

What you probably didn't know: The prize for winning the Super Bowl is seven pounds of sterling silver, handcrafted by jewelry icon Tiffany.

The Super Bowl trophy: where Tiffany meets the NFL  - Business on NBCNews.com

 

[TreasurePirate69]

That's actually pretty surprising. By contrast, the Olympic gold and silver metals have very little actual street value in terms of their PM namesakes. Who'd have thought that a super bowl trophy would be made with that much silver?