Being honest, this is a 'problem' most of us will not have to deal with. Nonetheless, the unique challenges one could face after winning a Nobel Prize makes for some great stories.

Brian Schmidt was awarded one of the prestigious prizes in 2011 for co-discovering dark energy. At an event celebrating the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope - a major observatory due to be completed in 2020 - Schmidt described what happened when he decided to visit his grandmother in Fargo, North Dakota and show her his prize.

When travelling through security at the airport, the big gold Nobel medal bamboozled the staff after it went through the X-ray machine.

As reported by Scientific American, a strange exchange followed, with the security team asking, "who gave this to you?"

"The King of Sweden," Schmidt naturally replied.

"Why did he give this to you?"

"Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating."

"At which point, they were beginning to lose their sense of humour," Schmidt recalls. "I explained to them it was a Nobel Prize, and their main question was, ‘Why were you in Fargo?’”

Still seems like the safest way to transport your gold medal - you probably wouldn't trust leaving it in your checked bag, would you?