Sweden
Nobel Medicine or Physiology Committee gold Medal ND (1968) UNC Details (Cleaned) NGC, 27mm. Awarded annually to members of the Physiology and Medicine prize selection committees. ALFR. / NOBEL to left of his bust facing left NAT / MDCCC / XXXIII / OB / MDCCC / XCVI behind / EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES INVENTAS VITAM IUVAT Snake feeding from patera within olive wreath. Ever-popular, a charming high-relief gold Medicine Committee medal. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968 was awarded jointly to Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis".
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Estimate: 1500-2000 USD