Weight : 1Oz/28.4gms, Size : 40mm, Thickness : 3mm, Material : Brass
24kt Heavily Gold Plated Huge Medallion Commemorating 1962 Nobel Prize Medal for Medicine and physiology for DNA Discovery.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." This is a Gold Coin Commemorating the Nobel Prize Medal Awarded to their Discovery. The 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, along with Drs. James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, for “…their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material,” or what would become known as DNA, sold on April 11, 2013, for $2.27+ million (including Buyer’s Premium) as the highlight of Heritage Auctions’ Historical Manuscripts Signature Auction at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion.“The discovery of the structure of DNA launched a scientific revolution and forever changed human understanding of life,” said Sandra Palomino, Director of Historical Manuscripts for Heritage Auctions. Crick’s initials are engraved on the reverse of the medal ,Roman numerals: “F. H. C. Crick/MCMLXII.”