'50th Anniversary of the Discovery of DNA', medal

'50th Anniversary of the Discovery of DNA'
Medal (obverse view)
Peter Musson (born 1977)
England (London)
Silver, cast
Museum no. A.9:1-2003
Purchased from the artist

The medal shows the DNA double helix against a background of concentric lines reminiscent of a fingerprint, another method of establishing identity. It was designed on a computer and the data sent to a computerised rapid-prototyping machine, which cut the master models with fine precision. Only the casting was done in the traditional way.

View of the reverse of this medal