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The current FIFA World Cup Trophy is made using 5.0 kilograms of 18 karat (75%) gold, with a base containing two layers of malachite that add a further 1.175 kilograms. The trophy is hollow; if it were solid gold it would weigh 70-80 kilograms. Its estimated production cost is $242,700.
Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga designed the current FIFA World Cup Trophy, winning the commission from 53 submissions by sculptors across seven countries. The trophy was produced by GDE Bertoni in Paderno Dugnano, Italy, and was first used at the 1974 World Cup.
The Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen on the 19th of December 1983 from the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Four men were tried and convicted in absentia, but the trophy has never been recovered. It is widely believed to have been melted down into gold bars.
The Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen during a public exhibition at Westminster Central Hall on the 20th of March 1966. Seven days later, a black and white collie dog named Pickles found it wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a garden hedge in Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, South London.
Only a select group of people are officially permitted to touch the FIFA World Cup Trophy with bare hands: players and managers who have won the competition, heads of state, and FIFA officials.
The original FIFA World Cup Trophy is permanently kept at the FIFA World Football Museum in Zürich, Switzerland. It leaves the museum only for the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, for the Final draw of the next tournament, and for the opening match and Final of the World Cup itself.