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Nobel Prize
The obverse side of the Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
The first distribution of the Nobel Prizes took place on December 10, 1901. This date marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, who established the awards through his 1895 will to honor those who conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.12