1 Ounce Silver Niue 2022 - MARIE CURIE - Woman in History (1) - 2022 Proof Color 2 NZ$

1 Ounce Silver Niue 2022  - MARIE CURIE - Woman in History (1) - 2022 Proof Color 2 NZ$

Mintage: 2.000  - Original Packaging from New Zealand Mint

SERIEs : Woman in History - 1st Issue Marie Curie

Technische Daten - Coin Data :

- Niue Islands - 2022 - 2 NZ$ - New Zealand Mint - Proof Color

- 1 oz = 31,1 g .999 Silver
 

Struck by the New Zealand Mint from one ounce of 99.9% silver in proof quality, the motive features a portrait of Marie Curie in color. Also included in the design are her signature, the inscription "MARIE CURIE" and the weight and fineness. The reverse shows the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as well as the monetary denomination and the year of issue.

 **** Marie Curie **** 

The French chemist and physicist of Polish descent laid the foundations for modern nuclear physics. Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, together with her husband Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel, for the successful detection of radioactivity and radiation phenomena. For the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. This made Curie the first woman ever, as well as the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize a second time. In 1906 she was appointed professor of physics at the Sorbonne, and in 1922 she was appointed a member of the "International Commission for Intellectual Cooperation" of the League of Nations Council.

On July 4, 1934, Marie Curie died of leukemia in Sancellemoz, Switzerland. This disease was probably caused by the overdoses of radioactive radiation during her work. The bodies of Marie Curie and her husband were buried in the Panthéon.