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Coin Name : God of Science
Edition Name: Gleaming Truth
Finish: Nickel
Years Minted
2011 – 50 coins
The God of Science coin is two inches in diameter. The Hebrew passage is from the book of Job in the bible, the 28th chapter, and well describes the pursuit of science. As with many ancient biblical verses, it is moving poetry: “. . . They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light . . . “ The front side of the coin shows science’s current best depiction of our Milky Way galaxy. The spiral arms continue into the English translation of the Hebrew. The font used very closely matches the look of classical Hebrew.
The back side of the coin contains the exact same text as the front side, but in biblical Hebrew from thousands of years in the past. The images are concepts unknown to humanity until revealed by science (and math). They are:
Standard model of particle physics
Quark model of the proton
Telescope
Magnetic field lines around the Earth
A macrophage
Benzene molecule
Golden spiral
Cell division (mitosis)
Stellated dodecahedron
Interference pattern
This edition features blue transparent enamel on nickel. The dies to make this coin were only used in 2011 and God of Science coins in later years used different dies.
