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Maria Skłodowska-Curie in medallic art

Medal, France. 1938.40th annhrersary of discoveryof radium.

Medal, Poland, 1972. 40 years of the MSC Inslllute of Oncology in Warsaw (founded in 1932). Medal shows the monument of MSC situated in front of the Institute of Oncology. The monument was erected in 1935 (sculptor: Ludwika Nitschowa).

Dosigned and madę by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz

Maria Skłodowska-Curie has been featured on commemorative medals, coins and banknotes issued in Poland and in other countries. Medals, crcated in a limited number by renowned artists are smali pieccs of art which pay tribute to Maria, while coins and banknotes, issued inlargequantities,offerher wide publicity and promotion.

Maria Skłodowska-Curie in numismatics