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    What you see on the left is actually the first step in assembling the most famous sports prize in America: the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Keep clicking to go behind the scenes at the factory that puts together the NFL's Super Bowl trophy.

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    Tiffany and Co. has been in charge of making the Super Bowl trophy since 1967. The original design was sketched on a cocktail napkin during a lunch between Tiffany's then vice president Oscar Riedener and the NFL's then commissioner Pete Rozelle in New York City.

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    The trophy is put together by craftspeople at the Tiffany and Co. industrial workshop in Parsippany, N.J.

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    The factory workers mold the plates of sterling silver into the shape of a football using heat from flames.

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    Tiffany's employees aren't just trained in the art of making football trophies, they make all of Tiffany's other silver products.

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    Riedener didn't know what a football looked like when he was given the original assignment, so he had to buy a toy football to complete his design.

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    Fine details are added to the football, from the stitches in the sides of the ball...

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    ...to the laces.

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    The only part of the trophy that has changed is the NFL's shield.

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    The league has changed the NFL shield twice since the original trophy was made in 1967. 

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    Riedener made the first model of the trophy with scotch tape, a pair of scissors and a box of cereal, a far cry from the silver and flames used for the real thing.

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    After the Super Bowl is played, the trophy is shipped back to Parsippany to engrave the participating team names, the date, the location and the score on the trophy.

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    The end result is the most recognizable trophy in American sports.