Photograph on new 50 pence piece

[Joanna Sassoon]

It's interesting to see that a photograph is celebrated on a new UK coin.

This week marks the centenary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin, whose Photograph 51 could be seen as one of the most significant of the 20th century, as it was key to working out the structure of DNA.

To celebrate Rosalind's centenary, it is her photograph - Photograph 51 - that appears on the new 50 pence piece in the UK.

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/rosalind-franklin/

Joanna Sassoon, Western Australia