Bust of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel facing left, wearing tuxedo and bow tie.
Obverse lettering
NAT •
MDCCC
XXXIII
OB •
MDCCC
XCVI
ALFR •
NOBEL
E • LINDBERG 1902 (Translation: Born 1833. Died 1896.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Young man sitting, facing left, wearing laurel wreath, and writing with left hand in a book on right knee. To the left, a muse standing, facing right, wearing oak wreath and playing lyre. Sun setting in left field. Laurel tree in right field.
Reverse lettering
INVENTAS · VITAM · IUVAT · EXCOLUISSE
· PER · ARTES
ERIK
LINDBERG
ACAD SUEC ·
G · B · SHAW
MCMXXVI (Translation: It is beneficial to have a better life through discovered arts. Swedish Academy.)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Myntverket, Eskilstuna, Sweden(2002-2011) Royal Norwegian Mint (Den Kongelige Mynt), Kongsberg, Norway (1686-date)