Trump–Machado Nobel episode raises a question: Can the prize change hands?
Despite the optics of Machado’s gesture, the Nobel institutions are unequivocal: a Nobel Prize cannot be passed on to someone else, split, or reassigned in any form
It measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other’s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years.