Nobel Prize, Edwin McMillan, Stockholm, Sweden, 1951
date: label: date on object
content: 1951
label: original issue
content: 1901
name: label: recipient
content: McMillan, Edwin M.
label: issuing authority
content: Nobel Foundation
label: obverse designer
content: Lindberg, Erik
label: reverse designer
content: Lindberg, Erik
label: obverse engraver
content: Lindberg, Erik
label: reverse engraver
content: Lindberg, Erik
label: manufacturer
content: MJV
notes: label: Description
content: Edwin McMillan shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg. McMillan discovered element 93, or neptunium, in 1940 while working on the world's largest cyclotron at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Seaborg's discovery of element 94, or plutonium, was based on McMillan's discovery.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: Sweden: Stockholm
topic: label: Subject
content: Nobel Prize
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: McMillan, Elsie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0538.0004
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0538.0004
label: accession number
content: 1992.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .5 cm x 6.56 mm; 3/16 in x 1/4 in