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Medal - Enrico Fermi
| Location | Italy |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Weight | 49.15 g |
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| Obverse description | Large left-facing bust of Enrico Fermi wearing glasses occupies most of the field, modeled in high relief. To the right, a stylized architectural or structural element with parallel grooves serves as a design divider, alongside which the legend reads vertically and along the rim. The engraver's signature 'CESCHIA MOD' appears in small relief at the lower left. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features an abstract modernist design in high relief depicting stylized graphite rods intersecting a circular element, referencing Fermi's first nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1). The upper field carries a five-line inscription identifying the issuing body. The mint name 'S. JOHNSON' and the silver fineness hallmark '800' appear in the lower exergue. |
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